FREE PUBLIC EXHIBITION 


From Saturday 7 April 3 7 Until Time of Sale 
Weekdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 7 Sunday 2 to 5 p.m. 


UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE 


Thursday, Friday & Saturday Afternoons 
April 8, 9 6? 10 at 2:15 O’Clock 


Rubies) 


Exhibition and Sale at the 


AMERICAN ART GALLERIES 


MADISON AVENUE + 56¢h TO 57th STREET 


New York (ity 


Lhe Collection Cformed By 


eMessrs. Uitall and Leopold Benguiat 


Paris & New York 


TAPESTRIES » EMBROIDERIES? VELVETS 
BROCADES AND LACES +, INCLUDING 
MANY MUSEUM SPECIMENS FROM THE 
DAVANZATI PALACE COLLECTION AND 
FROM OTHER PALACES AND CHURCHES 
IN ITALY 7 SPAIN » FRANCE + PORTUGAL 


Sales Conducted By Mr. O. Bernet and Mr. Fl. Fl. Parke 
AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION - INC. 


Managers 


CONDITIONS OF SALE 


I. REJECTION OF BIDS: Any bid which is not commensurate with 
the value of the article offered, or which is merely a nominal or fractional 
advance, may be rejected by the auctioneer if in his judgment such bid would 
be likely to affect the sale injuriously. 


II. THE BUYER: The highest bidder shall be the buyer, and if any 
dispute arises between two or more bidders, the auctioneer shall either decide 
the same or put up for re-sale the lot so in dispute. 


IIY. IDENTIFICATION AND DEPOSIT BY BUYER: The name of the 
buyer of each lot shall be given immediately on the sale thereof, and when so 
required, each buyer shall sign a card giving the lot number, amount for 
which sold, and his or her name and address. 

A deposit at the actual time of the sale shall be made of all or such part 
of the purchase prices as may be required. 

If the two foregoing conditions are not complied with, the lot or lots so 
purchased may at the option of the auctioneer be put up again and re-sold. 


IV. RISK AFTER PURCHASE: Title passes upon the fall of the 
auctioneer’s hammer, and thereafter the property is at the purchaser’s risk, 
and neither the consignor nor the Association is responsible for the loss of, 
or any damage to any article by theft, fire, breakage, however occasioned, or 
any other cause whatsoever. 


V. DELIVERY OF PURCHASES: Delivery of any purchases will be 
made only upon payment of the total amount due for all purchases at the sale. 


VI. RECEIPTED BILLS: Goods will only be delivered on presentation 
of a receipted bill. A receipted bill presented by any person will be recog- 
nized and honored as an order by the buyer, directing the delivery to the 
bearer of the goods described thereon. If a receipted bill is lost before 
delivery of the property has been taken, the buyer should immediately notify 
the Association of such loss. 


VII. STORAGE IN DEFAULT OF PROMPT PAYMENT AND 
CALLING FOR GOODS: Articles not paid for in full and not called for by 
the purchaser or agent by noon of the day following that of the sale may 
be turned over by the Association to some carter to be carried to and stored 
in some warehouse until the time of the delivery therefrom to the pur- 
chaser, and the cost of such cartage and storage and any other charges will 
be charged against the purchaser and the risk of loss or damage occasioned 
by such removal or storage will be upon the purchaser. 

In any instance where the purchase bill has not been paid in full by 
noon of the day following that of the sale, the Association and the auctioneer 
reserve the right, any other stipulation in these conditions of sale notwith- 
standing, in respect to any or all lots included in the purchase bill, at its or 
his option, either to cancel the sale thereof or to re-sell the same at public 
or private sale without further notice for the account of the buyer and to 
hold the buyer responsible for any deficiency and all losses and expenses sus- 
tained in so doing. 


VIII. SHIPPING: Shipping, boxing or wrapping of purchases is a busi- 
ness in which the Association is in no wise engaged, but the Association will, 


however, afford to purchasers every facility for employing at current and 
reasonable rates carriers and packers; doing so, however, without any assump- 
tion of responsibility on its part for the acts and charges of the parties engaged 
for such service. 


LX. GUARANTY: The Association exercises great care to catalogue 
every lot correctly and endeavors therein and also at the actual time of sale 
to point out any error, defect cr imperfection, but guaranty is not made either 
by the owner or the Association of the correctness of the description, genu- 
ineness, authenticity or condition of any lot and no sale will be set aside on 
account of any incorrectness, error of cataloguing or imperfection not noted 
er pointed out. Every lot is sold “as is’ and without recourse. 

Every lot is on public exhibition one or more days prior to its sale, and 
the Association will give consideration to the opinion of any trustworthy expert 
to the effect that any lot has been incorrectly catalogued and in its judg- 
ment may thereafter sell the lot as catalogued or make mention of the opinion 
of such expert, who thereby will become responsible for such damage as might 
result were his opinion without foundation. 


X. RECORDS: The records of the auctioneer and the Association are 
in all cases to be considered final and the highest bid shall in all cases be 
accepted by both buyer and seller as the value against which all claims for 
losses or damage shall lie. 


XI. BUYING ON ORDER: Buying or bidding by the Association for 
responsible parties on orders transmitted to it by mail, telegraph, or tele- 
phone, if conditions permit, will be faithfully attended to without charge or 
commission. Any purchases so made will be subject to the foregoing condi- 
tions of sale, except that, in the event of a purchase of a lot of one or more 
books by or for a purchaser who has not through himself or his agent been 
present at the exhibition or sale, the Association will permit such lot to be 
returned within ten days from the date of sale, and the purchase money will 
be refunded, if the lot differs from its catalogue description. 

Orders for execution by the Association should be given with such clear- 
ness as to leave no room for misunderstanding. Not only should the lot num- 
ber be given, but also the title, and bids should be stated to be so much for 
the lot, and when the lot consists of one or more volumes of books or objects 
of art, the bid per volume or piece should also be stated. If the one trans- 
mitting the order is unknown to the Association, a deposit must be sent or 
reference submitted. Shipping directions should also be given. 

PRICED CATALOGUES: Priced copies of the catalogue, or any session 
thereof, will be furnished by the Association at charges commensurate with 


the duties involved in copying the necessary information from the records of 
the Association. 


These conditions of sale cannot be altered except by the auctioneer or 
by an officer of the Association. 


AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Inc. 


OTTO BERNET MANAGERS 
HIRAM H. PARKE 
AUCTIONEERS 


CATALOGUE 


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T is not necessary to introduce Mr. Vitall Benguiat 
to the New York public, who have long had his 
familiar acquaintance. The textiles which he has 
assembled this year and offers under the firm name 
of V. & L. Benguiat to public competition mount to 
> the extreme heights in beauty, and many of them 
in rarity. It is a penalty or an incentive, according as one views 
it, to have established such a standard of beauty, rarity and excel- 
lence—as the Benguiat exhibitions of many years past have estab- 
lished—that only indefatigable and supreme effort can make a 
succeeding one stand forth for admiration and encomiums. 

A glance at the present exhibition discloses the achievement, 
an examination confirms the first impression. It almost seems that 
Benguiat had outdone himself. “Ravishing!” is an expression 
caught so often at a first vision of these gorgeous fabrics that it 
dulls the keen edge of “Marvelous! “Tremendous!” “Resplen- 
dent!” which follow the first drinking-in of the glistening, irides- 
cent and wonderfully intricate textile productions. ‘They shimmer 
with light and coruscate with fire, and are at once fabulously rich 
and immeasurably delicate. 

Captivating laces mingle with regal apparel, the suffused bril- 
liance of the costumes of grandes dames with the radiance that was 
a part of the splendor of their surroundings. And the homely 
things of daily life are not absent. They form the quiet back- 
ground of the efflorescence of the grand display. 

Tapestries of fine composition and lovely color are not over- 
looked—products of ancient looms. And while many of the fab- 
rics exhibited are serviceable in many ways of decoration and 
utility, scattered among them are veritable documents worthy of 
museum placing. The styles and the periods represented, which 
are those of Mr. Benguiat’s selection, the evidences of the work- 
manship of Spainiard, Italian, Greek, Frenchman, Englishman, 
Jew, their sense of color which Time has sometimes enhanced and 
again has been unable to dim—all contribute to the fascination 
which we feel sure this extraordinary accumulation of woven and 
embroidered textiles will gratifyingly exert. 


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AMERICAN ArT AssociaTION, Inc., MaANaGERS 
SALE AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES 


THE V. & L. BENGUIAT COLLECTION 
Pee 8,9 CF 10 AT 2:15 P.M. 


To save time and to prevent mistakes each purchaser will oblige the 
management by filling in this slip and handing it to the record clerk or 
sales attendant on making the first purchase. 


Purchaser’s Name 
Address in Full 


Amount of Deposit. 


FIRST SESSION 
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, AT 2:15 P.M. 


Catalogue Numbers 1 to 200 Inclusive 
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PatR GoLD EMBROIDERED MANIPLES 

Italian, Renaissance Period 
White silk ground, richly embroidered in gold and accents of silks 
with floral forms, scrolling leaves and cruciform designs. Gold 
fringe. 


SILK EMBROIDERED STOLE Spanish, XVII Century 


Silk embroidery on linen ground. The designs are floral and scroll- 
ing in form and worked in silks of rich golden-yellow, white, ereen, 
blue and tones of rose. 


Pair VeLveT MANIPLES Spanish, XVI Century 
Green velvet. 


ITALIAN GoLD EMBROIDERY Louis XVI Period 


Drap dargent, finely embroidered in gold threads with leaves and 
blossoms and carrying a fringe of gold lace. 
Length, 1 yard; depth, 9 inches. 


PaIR SPANISH COLLARETTES Louis XVI Period 
On a Ddleu-de-ciel ground are panels of floral design, executed in 
gold, silver and rose, emerald and white silks, the whole carrying 
a double border of gold galloon. 


Hoop IN SILK AND GoLp Empromery Italian, XVIII Century 


An exquisite cap, mounted with jewels set in gold embroidery and 
trimmed with brilliant gold galloon. The embroidery is in colors 
and gold on a ground of white satin. 


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TAPESTRY GIRDLE Venetian, XVII Century 
A silver ground finely woven, is ornamented with interwoven silks 
and gold thread in precise and delicate floral patterns and a con- 
necting scroll of conventional design; silver fringed ends. 

Length, 3 feet 11 inches. 
Two FRENCH WAISTCOATS Louis XV Period 
One embroidered in many colors with leaves and flowers on white 
satin; the other, a silk brocade exhibiting adornment in white and 


mauve on a golden-bronze ground, picturing men and women gath- 
ering fruits. | 


TOREADOR’S JACKET Spanish, XVIII Century 


Rich green velvet with a brilliant sheen; cuffs have an inner lining 
of gold brocade. 


Five CusHIoN COVERS French, XVII Century 


Soft rose-colored ground with a pattern of large blossoms and 
scrolling leaves appearing in silver-white and a delicate light green. 


THREE FRENCH BROCADE CUSHION COVERS Louis XVI Period 


SPECIMEN OF POLONAISE VELVET XVII Century 
Drap d'argent ground with a precisely drawn ornamentation of 
greenish cut velvet in designs, stellate and floral. Border of gold 
galloon. 

Length, 18 inches; width, 14 inches. 
EMBROIDERED CUSHION COVER Spanish, Renaissance Period 
Quadrilateral; of dark red silk richly embroidered with conyen- 
tional designs of floral origin and enriched by a radiant sun in gold, 
jeweled with garnets. Gold lace trimming at edge. 


FRENCH VELVET CUSHION COVER Louis XV Period 
Rich wine-colored velvet, heavily embroidered in gold and silver 
with lattice and leaf designs, and outlined by an involved scrolling. 

Length, 22 inches; width, 18 inches. 
Parr VELVET CUSHION COVERS Spanish, XVII Century 


Plain rich red velvet, bordered with gold galloon wrought in a 
fine design. 


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GILET PERSIAN BROCADE XVIII Century 


Patterned in diagonal bands of confused floral designs in a number 
of quiet colors. 
28 inches square 
VENETIAN GOLD BROCADE STOLE AND MANIPLE 
Renaissance Period 
Highly conventional designs of floral origin in gold on an emerald 
ground. Bordered with gold lace. 


THREE ITALIAN VELVET Hats XVII Century 
Wine-red velvet in soft tone, trimmed with gold lace fringe. 


PoLONAIsE CuT VELVET CHALICE VEIL XVII Century 


Cruciform; adorned with branching floral designs in rich green 
velvet on a drap d’or ground. Border of gold galloon enriched by 
gold fringe. 


Two EMBROIDERED SADDLE Bacs Persian, XVII Century 


Embroidered in silk and silver on velvet; the designs, birds, blos- 
soms, primitive floral sprays and trees. 


PatR VELVET COLLARETTES Spanish, XVI Century 
Emerald-green velvet of brilliant sheen, bordered by short fringe. 
PANEL OF GOLD EMBROIDERY Spanish, XVII Century 


Horizontal oblong panel, heavily embroidered in conventional de- 
signs and carrying a deep fringe of gold lace with tassels. 
Length, 18 inches; depth, 7 inches. 


FRENCH EMBROIDERY MIRROR FRAME XVII Century 
A ground of silver embroidery is adorned with roses and other 
flowers and with branches of leaves, all worked in silks of differ- 
ent colors. On this is imposed as the actual frame for the mirror 
an elaborate cartouche in gold embroidery, ornamented with sweep- 
ing scrolls. 5 Height, 26 inches; width, 20 inches. 


SILK TABLE COVER Venetian, Renaissance Period 


Moiré silk of emerald hue, quadrilateral in shape, bordered with 


an extremely fine pattern of gold lace. 
27 inches square. 


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They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 


25. PatR GALLOON VELVET PANELS Italian, XVII Century — 
Dark red velvet, with variable sheen. 


26. BROCATELLE CUSHION COVER Spanish, Renaissance Period 
At the centre a large escutcheon supported by lions and the royal 
arms of Spain in soft golden-yellow on ruby-red; this is enclosed by 
a border of formal design. 


27. VENETIAN BRocADE CUSHION COVER XVII Century 
Ground of sapphire-blue, soft and delicate, worked with exquisite 
floral designs in silver and neutral silks; broad border of silver lace 
of fine design. 


28. BROCADE CUSHION COVER French, Louis XVI Period 
Ornamented in columns or narrow strips, embroidered with many- 
colored floral design and scrolling green leaves, on a white and silver 
ground. Border of silver lace. 


29. EMBROIDERED WALL POCKET Venetian, XVII Century 
Olive satin, embroidered in gold and various colored silks and 
trimmed with gold lace; at the corners gold lace tassels. ‘Three 
pockets. 


30. SPANISH VELVET TABLE COVER XVI Century 
Téte de négre velvet of rich quality and plain surface, bordered with 
brilliant gold galloon. 


Length, 3 feet 2 inches; width, 22 inches. 


31. EMBROIDERED VELVET PILLOW COVER Spanish, XVI Century 
Crimson velvet richly embroidered in floral designs in soft colors. 
At the centre is a formal figure of stellate design, having many 
points. The colors are azure, emerald and a soft golden-yellow 
and here and there details glint in metallic threads. The tulip and 
carnation appear among the designs, together with large leaf 
forms and scrolling tendrils. Back formed of plain velvet of the 
period, and paneled with gold galloon. | | 


Length, 32 inches; width, 20 inches. 


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32. ITALIAN VELVET CUSHION COVER XVI Century 
A handsome production, evidently made for the Barberini as the 
designs include the bee and the moon formalized. ‘These are en- 
closed by floral scrolls which include tree as well as leaf designs. 


Length, 26 inches; width, 25 inches. 


33. Two SPANISH VELVET CUSHION COVERS Renaissance Period 
Amber cut velvet, in various finely designed floral patterns; paneled 
in gold and silver galloon. 

Length, 24 inches; width, 19 inches. 

34. Two SpanisH Cur VELVET CUSHION COVERS XVII Century 
Geometrical and floral designs are worked into an open lattice, the 
whole executed in emerald-green and soft rose tints. Tassels at 


corners. 
Length, 20 inches; width, 16 inches. 


35. Drap p’ARGENT CUSHION COVER XVII Century 
A museum example of an Eastern fabric, the design Egyptian and 
enclosing a central panel carrying Arabic inscriptions. The whole 


is worked in light tones except that the ground of the central panel 


is a soft maroon. 
Length, 21 inches; width, 23 inches. 


36. GENOESE VELVET CUSHION COVER XVII Century 
Ruby-red velvet edged with gold galloon. 
21 inches square. 
37. Set or Stx Damask BorvERs Italian, XVII Century 
Crimson damask richly patterned in floral designs and bordered 
with gold galloon. 
Length (each), approximately 9 feet; width, 9 inches. 
38. Ser or Four BALDACCHINO BorRDERS Spanish, XVII Century 
Velvet of rich dark red, bordered with gold galloon and gold 
fringe. | 
Length, (two) 3 feet 2 inches; (one) 5 feet 3 inches; depth (of all), 14 inches. 
39. BROCATELLE BORDER Renaissance Period 
Scrolling foliations, with other ornamentation in the open spaces, 
are worked in a soft olive-green on an old-golden ground. Narrow 


borders of formal scroll at top and bottom. 
Height, 12 inches; length, 13 inches. 


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They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 


JANINA EMBROIDERY XVI Century 
The tulip and the Persian cone designs are embroidered in crimson, 
a faint azure tone, and a variety of silks of more neutral coloring 
on a natural linen ground. Between the larger designs are primi- 
tive birds and animal forms and the field is edged with a narrow 
border of conventional blossoms. 

Length, 7 feet 2 inches; depth, 11 inches. 


PANEL OF GOTHIC EMBROIDERY Spanish 
A vertical broad band of Gothic embroidery brownish in tone has 
pictured upon it the Crucifixion, and two Saints within architectural 
niches; the background is in gold whose lustre has now departed. 
The applique decoration is of linen, the character retained par- 
ticularly in one face, that is to be remarked. The whole on a panel 
of red velvet with gold galloon border. 


Height, 4 feet 10 inches; width, 14 inches. 


Pair STAMPED VELVET PANELS Italian, Renaissance Period 
Pigeon-blood ruby velvet of deep tone and soft sheen, stamped 
with detached patterns of fine Renaissance design; the figures are 
formal, of floral origin. Border of gold galloon. 


Length (each), 5 feet 4 inches; depth, to inches. 


Parr GoTHIc VELVET SIDE BANNERS 
Oblong with palmate top, to which large tassels are attached. Rich 
red velvet. 


SPANISH EMBROIDERY BORDER Renaissance Period 


The designs are floral scrolls surrounding medallions, which are 
further embroidered. 


CRETAN EMBROIDERED BORDER XVII Century 
Embroidered in crimson silk on linen in formal designs, floral in 
their origin. Primitive birds also appear and the embroidery on 
the reverse is almost exactly the same as on the obverse. 

Length, 10 feet; width, 7 feet 2 inches. 
CRETAN EMBROIDERED BORDER XVIT Century 
In olive-green silk on linen, worked in highly formal conventional 
scrolls alternating with figures and vases. Narrow silk fringe. 
A museum piece. Length, 8 feet; width, 8 inches. 


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LonG STRIP OF VENETIAN SILVER LACE Renaissance Period 


Elaborate scroll-work, enclosing small medallions on panels with 
solid bodies, worked in softly brilliant silver; on purple silk backing. 


LaAcE CHALICE COVER Italian, Renaissance Period 
Cruciform, the arms of the cross worked with figures of Our Lady 
and Saint Peter; at the centre the Sacred Monogram surrounded 
by radiant lines. Bordered with gold lace. 


EMBROIDERED CUSHION COVER Itahan, Renaissance Period 
Square centre of plain linen enclosed within a broad band of wine- 
red embroidery, wrought in a fine design of interlacing leaf scrolling. 


16 inches square. 


Lace CusHION COVER Venetian, Renaissance Period 
Filet lace, with floral adornment in gold and silver in a broad band 


surrounding a quadrilateral field on which appears the flaming 
heart, surmounted by a crown. 


BoRDER PANEL OF VENETIAN LACE Renaissance Period 
Really a museum specimen. The lace is wrought in gold on a linen 
ground and pictures an intricate design of scrolls and floral forms, 
including the heads of two crested birds whose figures vanish below 
in the multitude of scrolls. Mounted on crimson damask. 

Length, 2 feet 6 inches; depth, 1o inches. 


RHODIAN EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER XVII Century 
Embroidered with silks on linen in large and finely drawn medallions 
mainly in ruby-red and light cerulean alternating with golden-olive. 
Across the ends borders of primitive birds in procession. 

Length, 6 feet; width, 1 foot 6 inches. 


FiretT Lace Rerecrory TABLE STRIP 
| Italian, Renaissance Period 
Plain centre of soft linen crossed near the ends by fil-tiré bands 
worked in beautiful design of leaf scrolls and rigid conventional 
figures. Lace border, fringed. 

Length, 5 feet 6 inches; width, 1 foot 8 inches. 


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ITALIAN EMBROIDERED LINEN SCARF Renaissance Period 
Plain centre and end strips of fine soft linen, with cross bands near 
the ends of exquisitely fine embroidery in geometrical designs. 
These are varied by columns with pairs of birds at head and foot. 

Length, 5 feet 8 inches ; width, 2 feet. 


ITALIAN LACE AND LINEN TABLE CovER Renaissance Period 


Longitudinal border and two cross bands in lace of old-gold hue 
patterned in scroll design and floral figures; gold lace edge. 
Length, 3 feet; width, 2 feet. 


EMBROIDERED LINEN TABLE COVER Italian, XVII Century 
Linen of natural color and a fine weave, carrying a broad border 
embroidered alike on both sides, in gold and silver and bright 
colored silks; the design is a floral scroll enclosing small blossoms 
and conventional designs in accord. Numerous initials are also 
worked in the embroidery. Narrow edge of silk and gold. 
Length, 10 feet 3 inches; width, 2 feet § inches. 
Six SouaRE LencTus oF ENGLISH CHAIN STITCH EMBROIDERY ON 
LINEN Queen Anne Period 
The white ground enlivened by sprays of flowers and figures of 
birds embroidered in finest of chain stitch in ruby-red, light golden- 
yellow, blue, and a dark green. 
Approximately (each), 1 yard square. 
SPANISH LACE CURTAIN Renaissance Period 
A centre of plain linen surrounded by a border of fil-tiré embracing 
most minute designs and larger foliated medallions of floral form. 
Length, 3 feet 8 inches; width, 7 feet. 


FireT Lace Taspie Cover Spanish, Renaissance Period 


Green silk centre, surrounded with lace wrought in designs of ani- 
mals in action alternating with vases of flowers. Border of guipure 
lace. 

Length, 4 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet 9 inches. 


SILK FILET LACE AND SILK TABLE COVER 


Italian, Renaissance Period 


Embroidered green silk centre surrounded by broad border of lace, 
finely worked in rigid designs in soft neutral tones, in floral 
medallions. Edged with guipure lace in matching colors. 

Length, 5 feet; width, 3 feet 4 inches. 


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MULTICOLORED Lace AND LINEN TABLE COVER 

Italian, Renaissance Period 
Transverse panels of plain linen of fine quality alternating with 
four bands of lace, executed in floral and geometrical designs. 
Macrame border at ends, sides bordered with rapallo lace. 

Length, 7 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet. 


From the Davanzati Palace, Florence. 


SICILIAN TIssuE EMBROIDERED [TABLE COVER 
Renaissance Period 


Plain linen panel, surrounded by a narrow border of floral design 
in rich wine color and crossed by two bands of embroidered orna- 
mentation picturing lions, Castilian towers and small animalistic 


designs in a golden rose-pink. 
Length, 3 feet 10 inches; width, 2 feet 4 inches. 


ABRUZZI PANEL Gothic 
Tissue embroidery in blue on old-ivory linen, the ornamentation 
appearing in two bands picturing the hart and the fountain, to- 
gether with trees and formal floral figures. Paralleling the central 
band are lines of Gothic lettering. 

Length, 3 feet 9 inches; width, 1 foot 10 inches. 


SPANISH SILK AND LACE SCARF Louis XV Period 


Pink silk, with ends of embroidered lace in floral designs of many 
warm colors, combining emerald-green, old-gold and tones of blue. 


Narrow border of gold lace. 
Length, 8 feet; width, 2 feet 6 inches. 


Two Srrirs or Moorish EMBROIDERY 
Early Renaissance Period 


Paeidered j in vieux-rose silk on linen in an intricate pattern; at 
the centre a figure vaguely cruciform, with mural flankings, and 
at the ends parallelograms enclosing various geometrical figures 
worked in numerous colors. A vague rose and old-gold figure 
largely in the groundwork and the designs disclosed are those of 
wall tiles. On the rose ground at the centre are superimposed 
squares, each worked in various colors which originally had gold 


among them. 
Length, 5 feet 6 inches; width, 10 inches. 


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They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 


SPANISH EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER - Renaissance Period 
Linen, with a plain panel at the centre, enclosed by a broad em- 
broidered border worked in yellow and blue in rigid designs, partly 
floral, partly geometrical. Scalloped lace border. 


Length, 5 feet; width, 2 feet 3 inches. 


SPANISH EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER Renaissance Period 
Fine linen of natural hue, embroidered with an elaborate and open 
floral scroll in soft neutral tints; lace border. 

Length, 4 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet. 


BLUE Lace AND LINEN TABLE COVER 
Italian, Renaissance Period 
Exterior and interior transverse panels of blue lace, exquisitely 
patterned with floral designs and bird figures; in the border panels 
are vase designs flanked by lions. Edge dentele. 
Length, 8 feet; width, 2 feet 9 inches. 


SET OF SPANISH EMBROIDERIES ON VELVET Louis XV Period 


A saddle-cloth and two holsters of sapphire velvet heavily em- 
broidered in silver with bold floral designs. 


CAPARACON DE CHEVAL Spanish, XVII Century 
Soft red velvet, with heavy embroideries in gold in scrolling de- 
signs combined with floral figures mainly liliform. Saddle-cloth and 
two pistol holsters. 


POLONAISE VELVET TABLE COVER XVII Century 
Drap a’or ground, ornamented with a highly formal flower and 
fruit pattern in cut and uncut velvet of a flashing blue-green tone. 
Bordered with gold galloon. 


Length, 3 feet 4 inches; width, 1 foot 11 inches. 


Point D’HoncGrRIE TABLE STRIP XVIII Century 
On blue damask, displaying the pomegranate pattern among others, 
is a wide band of point d’Hongrie embroidery with a lattice pattern 
of formal design and displaying lozenge figures, all worked in colors 
of soft richness and a golden-yellow on a linen ground. Gold gal- 


loon lace border. 
Length, 6 feet; width, 14 feet 


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PatR PoLONIASE VELVET PANELS XVII Century 
Floral ornamentation intermingled with pomegranate designs ap- 
pears in cut velvet of bluish tone on a ground of drap d’or; trimmed 
with gold galloon. 

Length, 3 feet; width, 1 foot 9 inches. 
ITALIAN DaMAsK TaBLE COVER Louis XV Period 
Floral patterns in rich variety fairly sparkle through the soft and 
brilliant pale golden-olive sheen. Gold galloon border. 


Length, 3 feet; width, 22 inches. 


PART OF A CHASUBLE Spanish, XVII Century 
One face of a chasuble, the floral ornamentation in cut and uncut 
velvet of dark red tone on a ground of lighter hue; trimmed with 
gold galloon. 


SPANISH VELVET PANEL AVIII Century 
Embossed designs of scrolling lattice, the open spaces enclosing 
formal designs which represent dishes of pomegranates. Trimmed 


with velvet galloon. 
Length, 4 feet 8 inches; width, 2 feet 3 inches. 


CrimMsoN DAMASK PANEL Italian, XVII Century 


Richly patterned in Florentine floral design, the color quality par- 
ticularly rich. Broad border of gold galloon. 
Length, 7 feet 8 inches; width, 24 inches. 


ParR DAMASK TaBLE STRIPS Italian, XVII Century 
Crimson damask, richly patterned in fine floral design and bordered 
with gold galloon, having an old-gold ground. 

‘sas Length, 7 feet 6 inches; width, 2 feet. 


Two Damask PANELS Italian, XVII Century 
Crimson damask, finely patterned and surrounded by a border of 
cut and uncut velvet galloon in floral design on a ground of old-gold. 

Length, 5 feet; width, 22 inches. 


CuT VELVET TABLE CovER Spanish, Louis XV Period 
In four panels, two long and two short, separated by strips of 
gold galloon and the entire cover bordered in the same galloon. 
Patterned in graceful scrolls and foliations of emerald-green velvet 


on a golden-brown ground. 
Length, 9 feet; width, 24 inches. 


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83. 


84. 


85. 


86. 


87. 


88. 


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Cut VELVET TABLE COVER Italian, Louis XV Period 
Graceful foliations and large figures of floral character appear 
in cut velvet, having a beautiful emerald sheen on a ground of rich 
golden-yellow. Border of gold and yellow silk galloon. 

Length, 8 feet 5 inches; width, 18 inches. 


SPANISH BLAcK VELVET TABLE COVER XVII Century 
Length, 4 feet 4 inches; width, 23 inches. 
ITALIAN VELVET TABLE COVER Louis XVII Period 


Emerald velvet of plain surface and a notable silvery-green sheen. 
Broad gold galloon border. Length, 5 feet 4 inches; width, 22 inches. 


Spanisute GOLD AND SILVER BrocaDE TaBLE COVER 
Louis XV Period 
On a ribbed ground of golden-brown, a rambling floral pattern ap- 
pears in gold and silver and in silks of soft tones. In the ample 
spaces of the principal design appear blossoming trees and garlands 
of flowers naturalistically executed. Silver lace and fringe border. 
Length, 9 feet; width, 21 inches. 


SPANISH VELVET TABLE CENTER Louis XV Period 
Velvet of plain surface and rich quality, shimmering with a brilliant 


and wavering ruby sheen. Gold galloon border of formal pattern. 
Length, 8 feet; width, 21 inches. 


ITALIAN DAMASK PANEL XVII Century 
Crimson damask of soft note, the ornamentation on a magnificent 
scale and exhibiting broad leaf patterns and highly conventional 
floral medallions. At either end the panel is crossed by a band 
of diaper pattern which is woven in the original piece. 

Length, 10 feet 4 inches; width, 2 feet 2 inches. 


VELVET PANEL Spanish, XVIII Century 
Soft velvet in a baffling tone of red, with a brilliant sheen of gol- 
den-rose; an extraordinarily brilliant fabric. Border of gold galloon. 
Length, 7 feet 3 inches; width, 2 feet. 
Two PoLonalst VELVET TABLE STRIPS XVII Century 
Dignified and magnificent floral patterns executed in cut and uncut 
velvet of the jardiniére variety on a drap d’or ground; at the ends 
wide borders of gold galloon of fine pattern. 
Length, 4 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet 9 inches. 


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First Sesston 


MoorisH VELVET PANEL XVIII Century 
Fine velvet, with a soft and brilliant ruby sheen; broad gold galloon 


border. 
Length, 4 feet; width, 2 feet 3 inches. 


Parr EMBROIDERED CUSHION COVERS 

French, Louis XV Period 
Point de chenille embroidery in various soft and delicate colors on 
white satin ground; the delicately drawn designs include clusters of 


flowers and leaf scrolls. 
Length, 3 feet; width, 2 feet 4 inches. 


MoorisH VELVET PANEL XVII Century 
Emerald velvet of wonderful richness, bearing the marks of early 
embroidery in a palmate arch at the top. 

Length, 4 feet; width, 2 feet 3 inches. 


MoorisH VELVET PANEL XVIII Century 


Olive green velvet, trimmed with broad gold galloon. 
Length, 4 feet; width, 2 feet 3 inches. 


PaiR OF DAMASCAN CURTAINS XVII Century 


Wrought in fine silvery-white silk on a rich wine-colored ground 
with detached accents in gold; the designs are purely conventional 
and of rigid character and the whole is bordered with a broad band 
of olive-brown. Across the ends are arabesque bands in the same 
colors with a more liberal interweaving of gold. 

Length, 10 feet 6 inches; width, 2 feet. 


SeT oF THREE ScCUTARI CUSHION COVERS XVII Century 


Ornamentation in emerald and deep ruby velvet on a ground of 
light tawny tone. In the centre a formal medallion with branch 
forms, at the corners floral bouquets naturalistically drawn, the in- 
termediate field spangled with stars. Border of conventional 


character. 
Length each, 4 feet; width, 2 feet. 


Pair RussIAN EMBROIDRED VELVET PANELS XVIII Century 
Red velvet spangled with star-like blossoms and embroidered in 
silver and gold with a brilliant scrolling of floral designs; at one 
corner a palmate cartouche surmounted by a crown and enclosing 


Russian lettering. 
Length, 4 feet; depth, 2 feet. 


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97: 


98. 


99. 


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POLONAISE VELVET FAN-SHAPED PANEL XVIT Century 


The ornamentation is in floral patterns of cut emerald-green velvet 
on a ground of drap d’or, in three panels outlined by gold galloon, 


which also forms the border. | 
Length, 3 feet; greater width, 3 feet. 


VENETIAN TABLE COVER XVII Century 


Old-rose silk (somewhat worn) embroidered in vivid colors with a 
formal border which embraces both floral and geometrical designs 
and is so worked that both sides appear alike. The embroidery is 
in silks with details of gold. Border of gold guipure lace worked 
in colors in accord with those of the border. An exquisite work. 

Length, 5 feet; width, 3 feet 6 inches. 


From the Davanzati Palace, Florence. 


FRENCH BROCADE CHASUBLE Louis XV Period 


Design by Philippe de La Salle; white satin made gay with rich 
and brilliant floral displays wrought in rose and olive, mauve and 
pink, dark olive and bright golden-yellow. Garlands appear 
pendent and enclosing a bit of park scenery. Flowering reeds over- 
hang brilliant game ducks, at the top a lone conventional butterfly 
appears among floral festoons, and belligerent goats are seen. 


FRENCH BROCADE CHASUBLE AND MANIPLE Louis XV Period 
Design by Philippe de La Salle; a gorgeous specimen in bleu-de-ciel, 
embellished with flowers in rich colors of silk and enriched with 
bold floral scroll wrought in gold thread. 


SET OF THREE SCUTARI VELVET CUSHION COVERS 

AVII Century 
Drap d’or ground with a conventional representation of the radiant 
sun at the centre and surrounding it a marvelously rich garden of 
flowers executed in emerald and ruby velvet within an oblong field 
of wave line boundary and a broader border of similar outline. At 
the ends cross bands of further floral ornamentation and somewhat 


bolder proportions. | 
Length (each), 8 feet; width, 1 foot 10 inches. 


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103. 


104. 


105. 


106. 


107. 


First Session 


GOLD-EMBROIDERED VELVET PANEL Moorish, XVII Century 
Dark green velvet with a Moorish arch in ruby velvet at the head, 
the whole heavily embroidered in gold with floral scrolls, palmate 
medallions and the Tree of Life design. 

Length, 4 feet 4 inches; width, 2 feet. 
GOLD-EMBROIDERED VELVET PANEL Moorish, XVII Century 
Dark rose velvet with gold embroidery similar to that of the pre- 
ceding panel and the Moorish arch of dark green velvet. 
: Length, 4 feet 4 inches; width, 2 feet. 
Damascus GOLD BROCADE XVI Century 


Woven in broad bands of soft crimson tone, alternating with nar- 
row stripes of olive, the broad bands ornamented with floral 
medallions of gold and oval figures of silver; similar oval figures 
appear in the olive stripes, and running the length of one side are 
cypress designs in moiré effect and a cursive or festooned scroll 
supporting formal figures of scrolling and medallion design. 
Length, 6 feet; width, 2 feet 3 inches. 
Two ITALIAN VELVET PANELS XVIII Century 


Oblong panels of olive-green velvet—save where the original color 
of brilliant emerald appears in an arch design at the head, which 
has formerly been covered with embroidery. Broad gold galloon 
border. 

Length, 5 feet 7 inches; width, 2 feet 3 inches. 
PoInT D’HONGRIE PANEL AVII Century 


Embroidered in delicate colors of rich quality, on ivory linen, in 
bold floral forms, the tulip and the rose appearing among them. 
The colors, crimson and a faint golden-olive with a mulberry-brown 
and delicate blues. Border of silk fringe. 

Length, 7 feet; width, 2 feet. 


SPANISH VELVET COPE XVIII Century 


Velvet of glowing emerald of variable sheen, trimmed with a nar- 
row border of gold galloon. 


BrocaDE TABLE COVER French, Louis XVI Period 
White silk, patterned in narrow stripes carrying ermine flecking, 
divided into panels by pinkish bands, the panels ornamented by 


velvet flowers in soft and varied colors. 
1 yard square. 


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109. 


Lit, 


112. 


Ta3: 


114. 


They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 


JANINA EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER AVI Century 
Embroidered in silk on linen; of fine early workmanship. The 
colors are crimson, light emerald, pale blue and tones of fawn, and 
the designs entirely floral, combining roses, palm-leaf motives and 
tree scrolls. 

Length, 2 feet 6 inches; width, 2 feet 2 inches. 
VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, XVI Century 
Téte de négre velvet with a light sheen and unornamented. Sur- 
rounded by a gold galloon border in brocade pattern. 

Length, 3 feet 3 inches; width, 2 feet 4 inches. 


GREEN Damask TABLE COVER Italian, Renaissance Period 
Damask of emerald tone patterned in ornate floral designs which 
are intersected by crowns. Gold fringe border. 

Length, 3 feet 8 inches; width, 3 feet 3 inches. 


VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, XVII Century 
Floral designs of high conventionality in cut and uncut velvet of 
rich and dark red tone on a silken ground of lighter hue. Border 
of gold galloon. 

I yard square. 
MoorisH SILK BROCADE COVER AVI Century 
Ornamented in striped patterns of golden-orange alternating with 
narrow blue stripes which enclose a brocade pattern of intricate 
design in various colors; white ground appears at ends and at centre. 


4 feet 6 inches square. 


EMBROIDERED SILK TABLE CovER Italian, Renaissance Period 
Olive-green silk, embroidered in gold, silver and silks of various 
colors with a formal border of blossoms rising at intervals from 
a basic scroll and with four larger corner bouquets. Bordered with 
gold lace. Length, 5 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet 6 inches. 


RHODIAN EMBROIDERY TABLE COVER XVII Century 
In silk of a brilliant and light wine-red and a bright azure on a 
linen ground of natural color; the whole patterned in a tile design 
with brilliant medallions more or less palmate in shape and en- 
closed in a leaf scroll, the leaf form serrated. Enclosing border 
of highly formal scrolling. Length, 4 feet; width, 3 feet. 


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117. 


118. 


119. 


120. 


VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, XVII Century 
A circular cover of golden velvet with a rich sheen; at the centre 
is a Cardinal’s coat-of-arms in silk and gold embroidery. Gold 


galloon lace border. 
Diameter, 3 feet 6 inches. 


VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, Louis XV Period 
Patterned uncut velvet on a crimson ground; the designs are all 
floral, mainly detached branches or clusters arranged in columns, 
each cluster showing both leaves and flowers and in some cases 


fruit designs. Gold galloon border. 
Length, 3 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet. 


Murat VELVET TABLIER French, late XVIII Century 
On a silken ground of rich apricot tone is a repetition of intricate 
design in cut and uncut velvet of soft gray note picked out with 
lines of detached blossoms in white, the whole presenting a re- 
markable effect of lace-work. At the bottom a deep spear-head 
border; the sides and top edged with silver galloon. 


VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, Renaissance Period 
Centre of plain velvet in rich garnet, this surrounded by a border 
of cut and uncut velvet on an ivory-white ground, the designs of 
highly formal scrolls; the whole bordered by deep silk fringe. (The 


border considerably worn.) 
4 feet 2 inches square. 


EMBRIODERED VELVET TABLE COVER Persian, XVII Century 
The velvet (considerably worn) was of a dark red tone, now light- 
ened to a pinkish hue in the larger part of the cover. It is boldly 
ornamented in silver embroidery, the designs being birds on tree 
branches and at the centre enclosing the Persian lion coat-of-arms, 


also in silver embroidery. 
Length, 4 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet. 


Uncut VELVET TaBLE COVER French, Louis XVI Period 
A design of fine stripes, the largest stripes diapered with minute 
floral devices in colors of flowery tone and between these stripes 
very narrow wave-line stripes in rose color; a rare fabric both in 
texture and design. Bordered with silver galloon. 

Length, 4 feet 3 inches; width, 3 feet. 


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123. 


124. 


125. 


126. 


1277. 


They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 


ITALIAN DAMASK TABLE COVER Renaissance Period 

Damask of a light olive-green, ornamented in a bold and involved 

pattern of fruit and flower motives. Gold galloon lace border. 
Length, 4 feet 9 inches; width, 3 feet 8 inches. 


JeEWwIsH EMBROIDERY QUILTED PANEL XVII Century 
Ground work of silk embroidery with embroidery in silks and 
gold of landscape including buildings, butterflies, trees and floral 
sprays. At the centre an escutcheon with Hebrew lettering, over 
which is a crown supported by the lions of the tribe of Judah. 
Length, 4 feet; width, 3 feet. 


VELVET TABLE COVER French, Louis XVI Period 

Rich emerald velvet with a purple ground appearing in narrow 

stripes traversing its entire length. Bordered with gold lace. 
Length, 4 feet 4 inches; width, 36 inches. 


Moorish Drap D’OR CURTAIN XVII Century 
Woven in parallel stripes, very narrow ones alternating with 
slightly wider ones in soft golden-yellow and a softer rose. Border 


interwoven with gold. 
Length, 11 feet; width, 3 feet 2 inches. 


EMBROIDERED SILK BANNER XVII Century 
On a green-blue ground there is embroidered at the centre an 
escutcheon surmounted by plumes and enwreathed with flowers; 
the embroideries are in various soft tones of silk enriched with gold. 
Formal corners enwreathed with flowers and at either end trans- 
verse scrolls embroidered in bird design and enriched by border of 
silver in similar embroidery. 


Length, 5 feet; width, 34 inches. 
SPANISH GOLD BROCADE TABLE COVER Louis XVI Period 


Rose-red damassé ground of soft tone carrying a column pattern 
of floral design in gold. Gold lace border. 
Length, 4 feet 4 inches; width, 3 feet 6 inches. 


VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, Louis XVI Period 


Velvet of rich rose color with a delicate sheen. Broad border of 


gold galloon. 3 
Length, 4 feet 2 inches; width, 3 feet 5 inches. 


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129. 


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131. 


532; 


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CAUCASIAN VELVET COPE XVII Century 
Velvet of a light and delicate fawn color with a ground of gold; 
the ornamentation in cut velvet of a highly conventionalized floral 
design, fruits also appear and there is further embellishment of silver 
embroidery and silver brocade, fringed. 


SPANISH FLOWERED SATIN HANGING Louis XVI Period 


In alternating longitudinal stripes of plum-brown and cerulean and 
white stripes, flowered or dashed with varied soft colors. Silk 


fringe border. 
Length, 6 feet 9 inches; width, 4 feet 8 inches. 


HINDU-PERSIAN SILK SCARF XVII Century 


Soft and rich rose tone, brocaded with detached floral designs in 
varied colors; across the end an elaborate ornamentation consisting 
of several borders, one with a drap d’or ground supporting de- 
tached units of flowers and shrubbery, one displaying a succession 
of elephants in gold, ridden by pairs of human figures, and narrower 


bands of formal floral scrolling. 
Length, 4 yards; width, 1 yard 3 inches. 


GALLOON BrocaDE TABLE COVER French, Louis XV Period 
The pattern of the brocade is floral on a brownish-bronze ground, 
the interwoven galloon brightening it in a mild way. ‘The whole 
field is paneled by bands of the gold galloon with fringed edges 
and the fringed border is also of gold galloon. 

Length, 6 feet; width, 3 feet. 


VELVET LAMBREQUIN French, Louis XVI Period 
Cut and uncut velvet of emerald tones, both rich and brilliant. The 
ornamentation embracing both leaf and scroll figures deriving from 
fruit motives. The top straight, bottom festooned. Bordered with 


gold galloon and gold fringe. 
Length, 7 feet 8 inches; depth, 3 feet 6 inches. 


SPANISH BROCATELLE ALTAR FRONTAL Renaissance Period 
The ornamentation in old-gold on a violet-purple ground. The 
design is floral with the pomegranate motive discernible, and scroll- 


ing leaves as the surroundings. 
Length, 6 feet; depth, 3 feet. 


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135. 


136. 


137. 


138. 


139. 


140. 


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142. 


They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 


ITALIAN VELVET DALMATIC XVII Century 


Ruby velvet with brilliant sheen, the simple adornment a bright 
gold galloon of brocade design. 


Gotp BrocaDE CHASUBLE Italian, XVII Century 


Patterned in eccentric floral scrolling which appears in notes of 
soft golden tone within a rich green ground. Trimmed with gold 
galloon. 


VELVET CHASUBLE Spanish, XVII Century 


Red velvet of deep tone, enlivened with silver lace appliqué, the 
lace festooned in a sort of fan pattern. 


EMBROIDERED CHASUBLE Spanish, Renaissance Period 


Embroidered in silk on linen, the entire expanse covered with 
brilliant embroideries in floral designs, the colors a veritable gar- 
den, glistening on the quiet linen ground. The designs appear in 
highly conventionalized forms with connecting scrolls. 


Moorish VELVET ROBE XVIII Century 


Velvet of rich purple hue and brilliant sheen, with narrow trim- 
mings of gold galloon. 


MoorisH VELVET COAT XVIII Century 


Velvet of ruby-red with purplish sheen and trimmed with gold gal- 
loon. 


SPANISH VELVET JACKET XVIII Century 


Rich dark green velvet unornamented save for a narrow edging of 
green silk and gold around the neck and down the front. 


MoorisH VELVET ROBE XVIII Century 


Rose-red velvet with a light sheen trimmed with broad bands of 
gold galloon. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET ROBE Albanian, XVII Century 


Rich plum-colored velvet with brilliant sheen ornamented with 
elaborate gold embroidery and spangled with metallic gems. 


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144, 


145. 


146. 


147. 


148. 


149. 


150. 


MoorisH VELVET RoBE XVIII Century 


Rich and brilliant ruby-red velvet, heavily trimmed with gold gal- . 
loon. 


CuILp’s EMBROIDERED VELVET COSTUME 

Polonaise, XVIII Century 
Emerald velvet of a soft and beguiling sheen, richly and heavily 
trimmed with gold embroideries of diversified floral pattern. Four 
pieces. 


RoyAL ALBANIAN COSTUME IN VELVET AND GOLD 

XVII Century 
Garnet velvet with a ruby sheen, adorned with broad bands of 
gold galloon and exquisitely ornamented with floral designs and 
scrolls of arabesque character in gold embroidery. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET COAT French, Louis XV Period 


Royal-purple velvet most elaborately adorned with silk embroid- 
eries in which many varieties of flowers are represented in all the 
colors of the garden. 


FRENCH SILK BROCADE COAT Louis XV Period 


A dream of color from the regal days of elegance; a remarkable 
textile fabric of finest silk displaying a lattice design in white on 
a ground of delicate rose, the interstices of the lattice decked with 
tiny roses. 


SPANISH VELVET COAT Renaissance Period 


Rich and deep bright blue in cut and uncut velvet, closely patterned 
with detached designs of floral origin. 


SPANISH VELVET COPE Renaissance Period 


Patterned in detached trefoil designs of cut and uncut velvet, hav- 
ing a golden-brown sheen, on a light golden ground. 


PLusH VELVET Cope AND Hoop Spanish, XVII Century 
Brilliant flame color with a dazzling sheen. 


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SILVER BROCADE COPE © French, Louis XV Period 


The plentiful decoration is in floral designs wrought in quiet colors 
and in metal on a white silk ground; bordered with gold galloon. 


VELVET COPE Spanish, XVI Century 


Red velvet worn by time and use, trimmed with a band of delicately 
patterned damask; gold galloon edging. 


SPANISH VELVET COPE XVII Century 


Deep and dark sapphire-blue velvet with notable richness of tone, 
bordered with gold galloon and within the border bearing marks 
of the original embroidered decoration in scroll form and exhibit- 
ing the fleur-de-lys. 


GoLD BRocaADE COPE Spanish, XVII Century 
Ground of rose-red, heavily patterned in gold with scrolling and 
floral designs. Orphreys and hood in a soft old-rose bearing 
floral designs in silver-white. Bordered with gold galloon. 


SPANISH RUG XVII Century 
A light fawn tone prevails throughout the fabric, both field and 
border. The ornamentation about a conventional medallion at the 
centre, consists of pairs of grotesque birds and lions and floral 
figures based on the tulip and carnation. Wide border of conven- 
tional carnation scrolling. ‘The ornamentation is all in ruby-red, 
a delicate green and a warm golden-yellow. 

Length, 7 feet 4 inches; width, 6 feet. 


FRENCH RoyAL TAPESTRY Louis XVI Period 
Gris-souris ground, richly ornamented in soft and low tones of red, 
blue and green, with the ROYAL ARMS OF FRANCE and the word 
LOUIS at the centre, surrounded by ingeniously worked floral scrolls; 
in the interspaces grotesque figures of animals and the rectilinear 
field is surrounded by a broad border of formal floral medallions 
enclosed with scrolls. Signed, A. H. 1780. 

Length, 6 feet 8 inches; width, 5 feet. 


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159. 


160. 


161. 


JewisH ALTAR FRONTAL Venetian, XVII Century 
Heavily embroidered in gold on a maroon ground. The principal 
ornamentation a canopy suspended on sinuous columns, and de- 
pendent from its apex the sanctuary lamp. Garlands hang pendent 
and rise parallel to the columns, and at the upper corners are elab- 
orate floral figures springing from vases. Scroll and leaf border 
with fringed edge, the ornamentation picked out in small scroll 


discs. 
Length, § feet 6 inches; width, 4 feet. 


Damascus BrocaDE TABLE COVER XVIII Century 
Ground of pale salmon color, spangled in regular columns both 
vertically and horizontally, with small emerald baskets supporting 


bouquets of golden flowers. 
5 feet 6 inches square. 


BLack VELVET COVER French, Louis XV Period 


The rectilinear field crossed by bands of conventionalized orna- 
mentation, including floral scrolls and sundry military trophies. In 
addition are two wide bands of ornamentation representing vases 
of flowers surrounded by floral scrolls, which give the effect of a 
wreath and these are supported by architectural ornamentation and 
pendent baskets. Border of brilliant gold galloon. 

Length, 6 feet; width, 3 feet 7 inches. 


EMBROIDERED SILK PORTIERE Spanish, XVII Century 


Striped silk in pale golden tones, the stripes or narrow bands orna- 
mented with detached leaves embroidered in gold thread. 
Length, 8 feet; width, § feet. 


RESPLENDENT PERSIAN PORTIERE XVII Century 
Printed by hand in colors and gold on white linen. A royal pro- 
duction with lions and peacocks in diversified ornamentation at the 
centre of the field; the Tree of Life figure appears in red, white 
and gold with an azure ground. Birds are incidental in this orna- 
mentation; below are two peacocks and two lions in gold at either 
side of a crimson pomegranate, and above the Tree are two pea- 
cocks. In the border appears a rich scroll in tulip and carnation 


motive on a crimson ground. 
Length, 7 feet; width, 4 feet. 


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162. 


163. 


165. 


166. 


167. 


They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 


PERSIAN EMBROIDERED PORTIERE XVIII Century 
Silk embroidery on cloth; the great rectilinear field embroidered 
with eighteen medallions enclosing arabesque patterns worked in 
many colors. The field is surrounded by the so-called palm leaf 
device repetitive on an old-gold ground and this is followed by 
a succession of other borders different in design. 

Length, 7 feet 10 inches; width, 6 feet. 


ITALIAN DAMASK PORTIERE | Renaissance Period 
Delicate wine-red with a shifting sheen, patterned in soft old-gold 
with a bold design of large lattice character, the interstices ex- 
hibiting conventional floral patterns and the crossings pinned with 
crowns. Silk fringe border. 

Length, 7 feet 2 inches; width, 6 feet 10 inches. 


Pair ITALIAN DAMASK CURTAINS Renaissance Period 
The ornamentation of highly conventionalized devices of varied 
floral origin in large proportions, while amongst them are smaller 
pomegranate devices and pairs of primitive and grotesque birds. 
The whole worked in soft tones of old-gold on a background of 
vague blue-green. Silk fringe border. 

Length, 10 feet 4 inches; width, 3 feet 3 inches. 


BrocaDE TABLE COVER Spanish, XVII Century 

Olive-green ground of soft note brightened by patterns of flowers 

in soft rose-red, old-gold, ivory-white, purple and deep brown. 
Length, 7 feet 8 inches; width, 4 feet. 


SPANISH BROCADE TABLE COVER XVII Century 


Brilliant golden-yellow silk, patterned with floral forms of great 
variety, leaves and blossoms both large and small being seen. The 
brilliance is heightened by silver threads used in various of the 
flowers. Gold galloon border. 


6 feet 6 inches square. 


Rep DAMASK PoRTIERE Italian, XVII Century 


Damask of soft crimson tone, with highly conventional floral de- 
signs. : 
Length, 10 feet; width, 6 feet 6 inches. 


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168. 


170. 


171. 


172. 


173. 


First Session 


SPANISH VELVET TABLE COVER XVII Century 


Displaying on a ground of golden tone detached designs of floral 
and fruit origin which appear in velvet of a violet-brown. Silk 
fringed border. 

Length, 9 feet; width, 7 feet. 


SPANISH BROCADE TABLE COVER XVII Century 


Soft olive ground, patterned in a richer olive note with highly 
formal designs, both floral and geometrical. (Somewhat worn.) 
Length, 9 feet; width, 6 feet. 


Rep DAMASK PORTIERE Italian, Louis XIV Period 


Crimson damask with soft sheen, patterned with very large designs 
formally conventionalized and of floral origin. Bordered by 
fringe. 

Length, 12 feet; width, 6 feet. 


FRENCH BROCADED PORTIERE Louis XVI Period 


Rose-red ground of rich quality, patterned in silver-white with 
floral designs disclosing branching blossoms and stems tied with 
bow-knots. Narrow white silk fringe. 

Length, 12 feet; width, 7 feet 6 inches. 


Parr PINK VELVET PoRTIERES Italian, Renaissance Period 


An especially fine velvet of a rare rose pink with a soft sheen of 
remarkable brilliance. The grand expanse of the fabric discloses 
that it was originally a curtain of great splendor; the velvet bears, 
in slightly darker tone than its main field, the impress of a decora- 
tion that must have been one of coruscating splendor—cornucopiz 
discharging an abundance of fruit, myrtle garlands, and other floral 
forms and branching scrolls in all directions. Around the margin 
is the impress of a border of Greek fret. Of all the original 
decoration there are retained two escutcheons worked in gold em- 
broidery. These are surmounted by a crown and have at their 
base the insignia of the Order of the Knights of Malta. 

Length, 14 feet; depth each, 4 feet 8 inches. 


FLORENTINE WOOLEN VELVET PORTIERE Renaissance Period 
An unusual fabric of grayish tone relieved by soft green and a low- 
toned golden-yellow. The decorations are floral and highly conven- 
tionalized, bold and precisely executed. Narrow fringed border. 
Length, 7 feet 6 inches; width, 7 feet. 


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La. 


177. 


178. 


179. 


They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 


PatR EMBROIDERED PORTIERES Italian, Renaissance Period 
Crimson damask of rich tone and elaborate pattern, bearing down 
its centre a panel of fine embroidery in silk on linen; the bold and 
sweeping designs are floral in their origin and worked in glistening 
colors of blue, gold, emerald, rose and silver. Panels are bordered 
by gold galloon lace and the portiéres with gold galloon and fringe. 

Length, 12 feet 8 inches; width each, 5 feet 4 inches. 


GOLDEN VELVET PORTIERE Spanish, XVII Century 
A broad expanse of golden-yellow velvet, with a sheen of such bril- 
liance that it appears altogether of gold. ‘This is bordered with 
silver galloon. The fabric exhibits the pattern, hardly varying in 
tone, of its original silver decoration; which was a bold and open 
scroll of floral forms of fine design, intersected at the corners by 


arrows of lattice-work. 
Length, 12 feet; width, 10 feet. 


SeT oF EricHT Rep VELVET CHORISTER’S CAPES 

Spanish, XVII Century 
Wine-red velvet bearing the imprint of early rich embroideries, 
which disclose interlacing floral patterns and connecting scrolls. 
Bordered with gold galloon. 


Set oF Stx VELVET CUSHION COVERS 
Spanish, XVIII Century 


The ornamentation in cut and uncut velvet. 


SeT OF Six VELVET CUSHION Covers Spanish, XVIII Century 


The ornamentation scrolling leaves embracing a design originating 
in the pomegranate; the whole executed in cut and uncut velvet of | 
deep green on a ground of lighter tone. 


SET OF Four VELVET CUSHION COVERS 
Spanish, XVII Century 


Decorated in cut and uncut velvet in the same designs as those of the 
preceding lot. 


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180. 


181. 


182. 


183. 


184. 


185. 


186. 


SET OF Four BrocapED PANELS Hispano-drabe, XVI Century 
Woven in transverse bands of conventional ornament which appear 
in silver white, golden yellow emerald and a soft seal brown on a 
rich copper red ground. ‘The designs are tree forms, vases of flow- 
ers, petal medallions, composite medallions and other conventional 
designs. ; | 

Length, 8 feet 9 inches; width each, 1 foot 7 inches. 
SET OF Six BrocapDE PANELS  — Hispano-Arabe, XVI Century 


Similar to the preceding; slight variations among the designs, some 
including cloth-of-gold. 


Length, 8 feet 9 inches; width each, 1 foot 7 inches. 


SET OF Four BrocapE PANELS Hispano-drabe, XVI Century 


Similar to the preceding, with slight variations among the designs. 
Length, 8 feet 9 inches; width each, x foot 7 inches. 


PatR FRENCH BROCADE PANELS Louis XVI Period 
Gorgeous crimson ground adorned in silks of emerald-green and sil- 
very-white with floral scrolls, graceful festoons, figures of herons 
and other birds highly conventionalized and forming geometrical 
medallions. Length, 12 feet; width, 2 feet. 


FRENCH BROCADE PORTIERE Louis XVI Period 
A brilliant expanse of light atmospheric azure tone, made more bril- 
liant by a rich ornamentation in glistening silvery-white; the designs, 
vases of flowers and fruit, graceful festoons of garlands, and birds 
about to take flight. Bordered with blue and white silk fringe. 
Lenath, 11 feet; width, 6 feet. 


Lot or THREE PIEcES OF BROCADE 7 
French, Louis XVI Period 
The same design as the preceding lot in brilliant silvery-white on 


a ground of glowing azure. 
In 13 panels, each 1 yard long and 24 inches wide. 


FRENCH BROCADE PoORTIERE Louis XVI -Period 
Bleu-de-ciel ground boldly decorated with vases of almost monumen- 
tal proportions containing flowers and fruit and supporting festoons 
of various floral designs, from which birds are about to take flight; 
all this ornamentation in a glistening silvery-white. 

Length, 14 feet 6 inches; width, 8 feet 8 inches. 


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187. 


188. 


189. 


190. 


IgI. 


192. 


They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 


SeT OF NINE FRENCH BROCADE PANELS Louis XV Period 
The ground is a soft and mildly brilliant rose-red and the widely 
spreading designs are in rustic and floral scrolling and lattice de- 
signs all appearing in silvery-white and a soft golden-green. 

Length (each), 12 feet; width, 2 feet 4 inches. 


SeT oF Six FRENCH BROCADE PORTIERES Louis XV Period 
Field of light azure patterned in lustrous silver with highly conven- 
tional floral design; parts of the ornamentation are diapered. Edged 
with passementerie of blue and white silk. 
Length, 9 feet 10 inches; width, 3 feet 2 inches each, 
Pair FRENCH BROCADE PORTIERES Louis XV Period 
Similar to the preceding. 
Length, 10 feet 5 inches; width, 2 feet each. 


SET OF TEN EMBROIDERED SATIN WALL PANELS 
French, Louis XIV Period 


On a ground of soft rose satin are innumerable embroideries in many 


colored silks picturing Chinese scenes. There are men on foot, and 
mounted, some riding at furious gallop, some spearing animals, and 
there are figures of animals running, together with trees and flower- 
ing shrubs. ‘The decoration of the various panels differs, although 
involving similar subjects, and the decoration is vertical on some of 
the panels and on some arranged for horizontal use. An attractive 


boudoir decoration. 
Length, 10 feet; width, each, 2 feet 4 inches. 


Deep BorRDER OF FRENCH EMBROIDERY XVII Century 


On satin of dull soft red tone, the embroideries are in gold thread 
and brilliant silk and picture the Taoist Immortals and distinguished 
personages in gardens and on terraces and among pavilions. The 
stork, the spotted stag and the bats emblematic of happiness figure 
largely. Peaches of immortality and the peacock are among the 
other emblems. The designs and the colors are purely Chinese, but 
the work was done in France at the time of the early association of 


the two countries. 
Length, 15 feet; width, 2 feet. 


Lot oF TweEtve ITALIAN SILK CURTAINS Louis XV Period 
Plain silk of double width in rich golden-yellow. 
Length, 12 feet; width, 3 feet & inches. 


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193. 


194. 


195. 


SET OF Four VELVET CURTAINS Spanish, XVIII Century 


Emerald-green cut and uncut velvet, patterned in designs of rich 
foliations and fruit and flower forms. Border of gold galloon. 
Length, 13 feet; width, each, 4 feet 10 inches. 


SET OF Four VELVET CURTAINS Spanish, XVIII Century 
Similar to the preceding. Length, 9 feet; width, each, 4 feet 10 inches. 
VERDURE TAPESTRY Flemish, XVII Century 


An excellent landscape composition, filled with sunshine and shad- 
ows. At either side rise groups of trees with brownish and varie- 
gated trunks and masses of dense green foliage, some of it in black 
shadow and other parts of it golden in sunlight. A stream tra- 
verses the central ground and beyond it are seen a church and 
buildings of a village. On either side of the stream, in the fore- 
ground, are seen finely drawn animals and two figures, one on the 
right a huntress sounding a horn, while below a bank on the left, a 
male figure emerges from a brook. Narrow border of garlands 
and fruits in brilliant naturalistic colors on a golden brown ground. 
Signed in lower selvedge, P. P. Olvenaer. 10 feet square. 


From the Davanzati Palace, Florence. 


FLEMISH TAPESTRY Renaissance Period 


THE CHOICE OF HERCULES. At the center appears the massive fig- 
ure of Hercules, draped in his lion skin and carying his club on his 
shoulder. He is led toward the left by Pleasure, who wears the 
Medusa Head at her breast and points to a Greek structure on the 
hill beyond them. In front of them, in the foreground, is a Cupid 
holding a spear and a Medusa Head shield. Back of Hercules ap- 
pears the tall figure of Virtue, who places a detaining hand on his 
shoulder, while in her other hand she holds a laurel branch. In the 
background at the right, are allegorical figures bearing respectively 
a trumpet and a plumed casque. The tapestry is woven mainly of 
silk, and is a beautiful production both as to drawing and color. 
The colors are tones of gold and silver white, with brown, rich blue 
and a faint green intermingled; in the plumes of the casque only, 
appears a rich scarlet, and the aerial distance is bright and highly 
atmospheric. ‘Hercules was meditating in solitude, as to the path 
of life which he should choose, when two tall women appeared to 
him—Pleasure and Virtue. Pleasure promised him a life of enjoy- 
ment—Virtue a life of toil crowned by glory. He decided for 
Virtue.” Height, 9 feet 2 inches; length, 9 feet 8 inches. 


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197. BRUSSELS TAPESTRY ; , Renaissance Pane 


A panel picturing temporal and spiritual power. A King, who is 
crowned and wears the Order of the Golden Fleece, seated at the 
left, holding his scepter and with his left hand extended. On the 


‘right stands a man of noble figure, with the aspect of Moses, haying “ 


his right hand raised-and wearing a confident and warning ex- 
pression. In the background across a balcony is pictured a land-~ 
scape under a blue sky. . At either. side are pedestals rising out of 


banks of flowers and on the pedestal at left is seated a figure, hold- — 
ing the Cross to which he points; a companion ‘figure on the right 


holding what appears to be the Tables of the Law, to which he also 
points. Above the figures are garlands pendent from seraphim. 


. which occupy the top corners. The scene is completed at top 


by garlands festooned at either side of a cartouche. The whole 
executed in colors of wonderful brilliance and beauty, in golden hue, 


blue, crimson and ivory white. — Length, ro feet; width, 6 feet. 


198. ‘Aususson TAPESTRY eh BPS Louis XV Period - 


199. 


A gracious scene of landscape and figures picturing a young hunts- . 


man in gala attire who stands near the centre of the foreground 
‘conversing with a maid-who is seated at the left. He is accom- 


panied by his dog, who drinks at the stream. Back of them are ruins 
of. classical architecture and some more modest buildings, and the 
distance is vague. The tones are largely a. soft old-gold and an — 


atmospheric 1 ivory white in the distance; accentuation and emphasis ne 
appear in trees rising at either side, that at the left overarching 


near the top of the canvas. Border of garlands in soft tones of 
green, light in hue, on a rose-apricot ground. 
Height, 8 feet 6 lichens width, 6 feet. 


ENGHIEN TAPESTRY Louis XII Period 
One of the animal compositions, extremely graphic. The animals in 
the main stand out in golden notes, with ivory and brown, and the 
same light colors represent the foliage of shrubbery in the centre; 
while the background is a mass of scrolling foliations of blue and 
green. Among the animals are the leopard, the lion, the deer, the 
monkey, the porcupine, the squirrel, and various other more gro- 
tesque constructions. On the ground appears the frog, a butterfly 
is fluttering in one of the more open spaces. 


8 feet 6 inches square. 


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200. AUBUSSON ‘TAPESTRY XVII Century 


PASTORAL SCENE. Near the centre a shepherdess stands leaning 
against a tree and on her staff; her flock is grouped around her stand- 
ing and recumbent. To the left appear other bucolic figures, a 
female standing and another standing and gesturing to her while she 
converses with a seated girl. Back of them are two other youths 
standing and idly amusing themselves. On the right watches a 
young mother with an infant on her shoulder and back in the middle 
distance buildings appear. Growing plants appear in the fore- 
eround and a bifurcate tree rises in sunshine and with some of its 
foliage in shadow, while at the upper left corner the branches of 
another tree come into the picture. The colors are soft tones of 
green, blue, rose and ivory. Floral border in the same colors on a 
dark ground. 

Height, 8 feet 6 inches; length, 14 feet. 


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201. 


202. 


203. 


204. 


205. 


206. 


207. 


SECOND SESSION 
FRIDAY, APRIL 9, AT 2:15 P.M. 


Catalogue Numbers 201 to 400 Inclusive 
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SPANISH VELVET Mat XVII Century 
Red velvet with a pale rose sheen, surrounded by finely patterned 


gold galloon border. 


WHiTeE Sirk MITRE Italian, Louis XVI Period 
Brilliant with gold and silver embroidery in floral, fruit and scroll 
forms and further brightened by jeweling; on one face the sacred 
monogram and on the other the pelican. 


EMBROIDERED CHALICE COVER Italian, XVII Century 
Red velvet embroidered in gold, silver and silks, picturing the 


_ Agnus Dei and formal corner ornaments. 


EMBROIDERED STOLE AND ManiPLe Italian, Renaissance Period 


On satin, fine rich wine-red embroidery of cruciform figures and 
detached floral sprays in colored silks and gold thread; edged with 
gold lace and at the ends gold lace fringe. 


Pair VELVET STOLES Spanish, XVI Century 
Emerald-green velvet of brilliant sheen, bordered by short fringe. 


GoLtD EMBROIDERED STOLE Italian, Renaissance Period 
White silk moiré, edged with gold lace and made resplendent by 
rich embroidery of gold and colored silks; the designs foliar scrolls, 
numerous flowers and cruciform figures. 


PAIR GOLD-EMBROIDERED MANIPLES Spanish, XVII Century 
Red velvet of rich tonal quality, heavily embroidered in gold with 
floral designs in which both leaves and flowers are conspicuous, and 
some of the details have the appearance of fine filigree work. 
Bound by golden rope border. 


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208. 


209. 


210. 


211. 


212. 


213. 


They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 


VENETIAN GOLD AND SILVER LACE Renaissance Period 


Purely conventional designs combined with scrolls wrought in gold 


and silver lace work on purple silk. 
Length, 3 feet; depth, 9 inches. 


BYZANTINE EMBROIDERY IN SILVER AND GOLD 


Formed of five panels of cloth-of-gold, each displaying a round arch 
worked in silver. At the centre is figured The Crucifixion and at 
either side appear two Saints with inscriptions in Greek. 

Height, 7 inches; length, 27 inches. 


ParT OF A SADDLE EQUIPMENT Spanish, XVII Century 


Golden-amber velvet, heavily embroidered with an escutcheon and 
conventional designs all wrought in silver. 


NEEDLEPOINT WALL POCKET Italian, Renaissance Period 


An oblong strip of crimson damask with arched top, and bordered 
by gold lace. The top and four letter pockets as well as alternating 
cross strips between the pockets are tapestried in fine designs and 
soft colors on a gold ground. 


Length, 31 inches. 
From the Davanzati Palace, Florence. 


PAINTED AND EMBROIDERED EscuTCHEON Spanish, XVII Century 
In the centre a painted medallion of blue, white and gold, with the 
standing figure of Our Lady with the Child and a scepter in her 
arms. Both figures wear heavy crowns of gold. The medallion © 
is surrounded by silver embroidery exhibiting sweeping foliations 
which enclose a lattice embroidered in silver on a white ground. 
Height, 19 inches. 


SPANISH EMBROIDERED PANEL XVII Century 
Red velvet of soft tone, ornamented with heavy embroidery of gold 
and silver, wrought in formal floral designs and enclosing a rectilin- 
ear panel which exhibits the pomegranate design and a monogram. 
Heavy gold galloon border. | 


Length, 21 inches; width, 9 inches. — 


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125%, 


“216. 


217. 


218. 


219. 


220.. 


and executed i in a variety of colors. 


SPANISH EMBROIDERED ECCLESIASTICAL Hoop 


BroussA EMBROIDERY CUSHION Cover - .XVII Century 


In the centre a stellate medallion in a field of foliated outline, 


beyond: which are formal borders of floral and scrolled designs, 
the whole embroidered in silks of various colors and plentifully 
enriched with gold on a ground of white satin. 

Bike : 26 inches square. 


Gros AND Petit Pont Cusnion Cover French, XVIII Century 


Ground of aubergine brown spangled with white florets and fur- 
ther adorned with floral sprays drawn in highly conventional form 


Length,-2 feet 3 anes width, 1 foot 8 inches. 


SPANISH EMBROIDERED Hoop XVII Century 
Stellate and floral designs are embroidered in various silks on 
an ivory ground; the ornamentation is varied by gold and silver. 
embroidery and the hood is edged with silver fringe. 


Penge 29 inches 5 width, 25 inches. 


JARDINIERE VELVET TasLte Mart Genoese, XVI Century 
Finely designed floral patterns in cut velvet of emerald, rose and 


pale apricot hues on a drap d’argent ground. Galloon border. 


Length, 24 inches; width, 22 inches. 


Renaissance Period 
Foliar eral and ieee formal designs in soft colors and metallic 


threads on a ruby ground. 


BRrocaDE CusHION COVER Egyptian, XVI Century 


A ground of soft, rich sage-green is ornamented with Koranic in- 
scriptions reserved in ivory-white. 


PArR Boe Dirt Caadions : Italian, Renaissance Period 


Maroon satin, embroidered in silks and gold with formal designs 
surrounding medallions, each of which pictures a saint—the one, 
Saint James Minor, the other, Saint Nicholas of Myra. 

Length, 13 inches; width, 19 inches. 


From the Davanzati Palace, Florence. 


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221. 


222. 


223, 


224. 


o2. 


226. 


227. 


They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 


Two VELVET CUSHION COVERS Italian, XVII Century 
Cut and uncut velvet of fine emerald hue appears in conventional 
floral designs intermingled with the pomegranate on a ground of 
drap d’or. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET CUSHION Spanish, Renaissance Period 


Wine-red velvet, embroidered in gold and silver with a series of 
ecclesiastical designs. 


Two SPANISH EMBROIDERED CUSHION COVERS 
Renaissance Period 
Embroidered with fine floral scrolls within an oblong, and enclosing 
central wreaths; these are adorned respectively with a formal cross 
and an Agnus Dei. The whole worked in gold and silver with a 
relief in silken color on a drap d’or ground. : 
Length, 21 inches; width, 17 inches. 


BROCATELLE Hoop Italian, XVI Century 
Figuring the Assumption of the Virgin who appears in a mandorla 
supported by five angels; the picture appears in soft old-gold on a 
ruby ground. : 


PatR EMBROIDERED VELVET SLEEVE ORPHREYS 

Spanish, Renaissance Period 
Velvet of deep garnet-red, with embroideries in gold and silver 
on crimson satin; the designs are highly formal scrolls picked out 
with colored silks. 


SPANISH EMBROIDERED Hoop Renaissance Period 


Embroideries of rich gold on red satin, the principal designs vases of 
flowers, long sweeping scrolls and dolphin figures. Fringed with 
gold lace. 


EMBROIDERED CUSHION COVER Italian, Renaissance Period 


Olive-green silk of soft sheen, embroidered in gold and silks of 
delicate colors with four forms of floral designs at the corners 
surrounding the sacred monogram. Gold lace trimming. 


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228. 


229. 


230. 


231. 


232. 


233. 


234. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET PANEL Spanish, XVI Century 


In gold and silken embroidery the standing figure of the Madonna 
holding the Child in her arms is applied on red velvet. At the 
upper corner are the figures of angels in similar embroidery. 
Trimmed with gold galloon. 


Height, 20 inches; width, 16 inches. 


Four SPANISH VELVET CHAIR BACKS Renaissance Period 
On wine-colored velvet with a handsome sheen, geometrical floral 
designs are heavily worked in gold and silver, with reliefs of blue 


and green. 
Height, 18 inches; length, 21 inches. 


Parr EMBROIDERED CusHION Covers Spanish, Renaissance Period 


On satin, in a deep tone of wine-red, conventional figures of rigid 


design and floral origin mingled with interlacing scrolls appear in 
gold and silver embroidery. 


SPANISH EMBROIDERED CUSHION COVER XVII Century 
On a straw-colored ground, itself of embroidery, a bold and in- 
volved design of floral origin is embroidered in silks of various 
colors and the whole field is surrounded by a broad silver lace 


border. 
Length, 21 inches; width, 24 inches. 


VELVET CUSHION COVER Genoese, XVII Century 
Bold floral designs in cut and uncut ruby velvet on a ground of 


old-gold. Edged with gold galloon. 


Length, 23 inches; width, 25 inches. 


TasBLe Cover or Cut AND Uncut Vetvet  Lowis XIV Pertod 
A splendid fabric, silvery and golden, the ornamentation of superb 
floral designs in silver-gray velvet, both cut and uncut, on a brilliant 
ground of golden-yellow. Golden galloon border in grape design. 

Length, 33 inches; width, 26 inches. 


Parr DALMATIC SLEEVE OrPHREYS Spanish, Renaissance Period 


Velvet of deep wine-red, adorned with gold and silver embroideries 
with lines of fine leaf-scrolls, some of them interlacing. 


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236. 


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238. 


239. 


240. 


241. 


They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 


SILK Petir Pornr CusHion Cover Italian, XVII Century 
At the centre an octagonal panel embodying a composition of 
landscape and four figures; this is surrounded by a deep border of 
flowers—roses, tulips, carnations—all upright in soft colors on a 
dark ground. 


JARDINIERE VELVET CusHION COVER Genoese, XVII Century 
The characteristic designs of floral form with interwoven winged 
figures and graceful scrollings, exhibited in cut and uncut velvet 
of delicate emerald tones with other milder colors on an ivory 
ground. Silver galloon border. 


Parr VELVET CusHIon Covers Venetian, XVI Century 
Floral ornamentation in the carnation design highly conventional- 
ized and which originally appeared in drap d’or, this set within a 
ground of ruby velvet. 


EMBROIDERED SEDER COVER Spanish, Renaissance Period 
On blue-green silk of soft delicacy appear arabesques embroidered 
in gold surrounding a central ornamentation of the crossed triangles 
with accompanying Hebraic lettering. Gold fringe border. 


Pair Drap pd’OR AND Drap p’ARGENT BANNERS 

XVIII Century 
The design in the embroidered gold field presents a chalice, above 
which is a silver-haloed host, at centre, surrounded by floral scrolls 
of fine design. Gold fringe. 


Parr Drap p’OR Papa BANNERS XVIII Century 


The ecclesiastical designs in gold and silver indicate that they were 
made for the Lateran Basilica, Rome. ‘The designs include the 
Papal Tiara and Keys and below them an embroidered escutcheon; 
wide border of fine scroll design. Gold fringe at sides and longer 


-at ends. 


Pair VELVET PANELS Italian, XVII Century 


Dark red velvet with variable sheen divided into three panels by 
strips of gold galloon and bound by border of same. 


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242. 


243. 


244. 


245. 


246. 


247. 


Petir PornT PANEL English, Jacobean Period 
ESTHER AND AHASUERUS. The King rising from his throne appears 
at the right and Esther, attended, at the left, the entire group 
under a canopy. ‘The picture is in petit point in sober colors. 
Height, 31 inches; width, 24 inches. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET BORDER Spanish, Renaissance Period 
Olive velvet in soft tones, embroidered with a finely designed floral 
scroll having a soft golden-yellow ground and with cordonnet out- 
line; the scrolls are singularly well developed. Narrow border of 
blossom medallions separated by looped scrolls. Golden-olive silk 
fringe. 

Length, 4 feet; depth, 12 inches. 


THREE STRIPS OF JANINA EMBROIDERY AVI Century 
In silks on linen of natural color; the embroideries are in brilliant 
tones of crimson, a light emerald and a rich turquoise-blue. ‘These 
are relieved by darker tones and accented by small blossoms picked 
out in old-gold. The designs include the tulip, the carnation, the 
peacock and other birds and small grotesque animals. 

Approximate lengths, 6 feet each; width, 14 inches. 


BORDER IN SPANISH EMBROIDERY XVII Century 
Bleu-de-ciel satin in four sections, embroidered in silks and in gold 
with floral designs and formal patterns based on vases and combs. 
Bordered with gold lace and having silk fringe. 

Length, 6 feet; depth, 10 inches. 


Rep VELVET BALDACCHINO XVII Century 
Festooned in ten scalloped or scrolling pendants, each bordered 
with gold galloon and fringe; the whole having eight silken tassels. 
The velvet of rich and fine quality in ruby-red tone. 

Length, 9 feet 6 inches; depth, 13 inches. 


Set or Four Emproiwery PANets Spanish, Renaissance Period 
On an elaborately wrought ground of gold embroidery are pictured 
eight martyred Saints in needle painting; the figures are all in stand- 
ing position and relieved by the soft colors of the silks intermingled 
with delicately corded embroidered scrolls. Borders of gold galloon. 


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248. 


249. 


250. 


251. 


252. 


253. 


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PAIR EMBROIDERY BORDERS Renaissance Period 
Long strips of gros and petit point, the designs highly convention- 
alized but with primitive floral forms worked in crimson, emerald, 
cerulean, golden-yellow, brown and a light turquoise-blue on an 


ivory ground; fringed at edge. 
Length each, 6 feet; depth, 9 inches. 


CuT VELVET PANEL Italian, Renaissance Period 


The velvet of wine color and particularly rich in tone, ornamented 
in floral designs of great richness which appear on a ground of 
golden-yellow; trimmed with gold, galloon. 

Length, 3 feet 6 inches; width, 2 feet. 


SCUTARI VELVET PANEL XVII Century 


On a drap d’or ground now grayish, a cut velvet ornamentation of 
tulips, roses and minor flowers appears in crimson, emerald and 
golden-yellow tones. All this in the rectilinear field which is bounded 
by a floral border, outside the end of which are transverse bands 
of seven panels each. 

Length, 4 feet 6 inches; width, 2 feet 3 inches. 


EMBROIDERED ALTAR FRONTAL Spanish, Renaissance Period 
Crimson velvet (much worn) patterned with gold embroidery in 
four arched panels separated by ornate columns, on top of the 
columns vases of flowers and between their bases branching floral 


sprays. Bordered by gold fringe. | 
Length, 5 feet; depth, 2 feet. 


JARDINIERE VELVET PANEL Genoese, XVII Century 
Jardiniére velvet in a broad band running longitudinally, its deco- 
ration the usual conventional floral forms in emerald and crimson 
on a ground of gold; this band paralleled by equivalent bands of 
emerald damask with gold brocade galloon at ends. 

Length, 4 feet 8 inches; depth, 20 inches. 


SPANISH SILVER BROCADE COVER Louis XIII Period 
Patterned in silver on a golden-yellow ground; the designs include 
the pomegranate and Persian cone figures, besides scrolls and pal- 


mations. Border of silver lace. | 
Length, 3 feet 3 inches; width, 19 inches. 


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255. 


256. 


257. 


258. 


259. 


Second Session 


ITALIAN BROCADE TABLE COVER XVII Century 
A drap d’or ground is interrupted by conventional designs in emer- 
ald-green silk which are ornamented with floral sprays in diverse 
colors. The drap d’or ground dominates the aspect of the whole, 
the emerald areas appearing in relief. Border of gold galloon. 

Length, 3 feet 10 inches; width, 20 inches. 
SCUTARI VELVET TABLE COVER XVI Century 
Cut velvet of a soft and liquid wine color and a sheen with the 
brilliancy of rubies. The field ornamented with six medallions, 
between them smaller medallions and blossoms and conventionalized 
pomegranate figures; these stand out from a golden-olive ground. 
At either end a border of shield patterns. ‘The whole bordered 
with gold galloon. 


Length, 3 feet 8 inches; width, 22 inches. 
A museum specimen from the Davanzati Palace, Florence. 


PoLONAISE VELVET TABLE COVER XVII Century 
Brilliant ground of drap d’or and border of gold galloon lace. 


Length, 3 feet 4 inches; width, 1 foot 11 inches. 


Parr BroussA VELVET PANELS XVII Century 
Floral ornamentation of rigidly conventional forms, among which 
the tulip design appears, the whole in red and green cut velvet on 


a light fawn ground. 
Length, 3 feet 6 inches; width, 2 feet. 


VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, Louis XV Period 
Velvet of a rich deep wine-red, carrying a border of silver em- 
broidery in scroll pattern and enclosing devices deriving from the 


pomegranate. 
Length, 3 feet; width, 2 feet 4 inches. 


SILK- AND GOLD-EMBROIDERED PROCESSIONAL BANNER 

Spanish, Louis XV Period 
Silver-white ground richly adorned with golden embroideries inter- 
mingled with silk embroideries and displaying fruit and flower 
forms. At centre the chiffre A M surmounted by a crown. Bottom 
extended in four pendants and at centre a silken tassel. Gold 


galloon lace border. 
Length, 4 feet 6 inches; width, 20 inches. 


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260. 


261. 


262. 


263. 


264. 


265. 


266. 


263. 


They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 


Pair SPANISH VELVET PANELS XVIII Century 
Plain velvet of rich rose tone with a lighter ruby tone exposed in 
a palmate arch at the head where the embroidery has been removed. 
Border of fine gold galloon. 


Length, 4 feet 4 inches; width, 2 feet 3 inches. 


BROCADE ALTAR FRONTAL French, XVII Century 


Ground of rose-red of dull lustre patterned with expansive blossoms 
and branching leaves, executed in pale sage-green and a silvery- 


white. 
Length, 6 feet; depth, 3 feet. 


BROCADE ALTAR FRONTAL French, XVII Century 


Similar to the preceding. 
Length, 8 feet; depth, 3 feet. 


Pair VELVET PANELS Italian, XVIII Century 
Coral-red velvet of delicate sheen; trimmed with gold galloon. 


ITALIAN EMBROIDERY PANEL Renaissance Period 
In silks of rich color and further enriched by gold appliqué in 
splendid designs of floral derivation, some of them enclosing perched 
birds; the whole worked on a linen ground of nautral color. Fes- 
tooned border of similar workmanship. 

Length, 5 feet 4 inches; width, 20 inches. 


SPANISH BROCADE TABLE STRIP Renaissance Period 


On a ground of delicate wine color are displayed formal patterns 
of floral design highly conventionalized, exhibited in brilliant silver; 


narrow border of gold galloon. 7 
Length, 6 feet 6 inches; width, 2 feet. 


SPANISH VELVET TABLE COVER XVII Century 


Téte de négre velvet of rich quality and plain surface, bordered 
with brilliant gold galloon. 


Length, 3 feet 2 inches; width, 22 inches. 


SPANISH VELVET TABLE COVER XVII Century 


Similar to the preceding. 
Length, 5 feet 1 inch; width, 22 inches. 


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269. 


270. 


272. 


273. 


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SILVER BrocapDE TasLe Cover Spanish, Louis XVI Period 


A gorgeous fabric of bright silver and vieux-rose. Tree designs 
and sprays of flowers are outstanding amid graceful scrolls. The 
silver and rose give a stunning aspect to the whole which is em- 
phasized by a border of silver lace. 


Length, 7 feet 8 inches; width, 21 inches. 


SPANISH VELVET TABLE CENTRE Louis XV Period 


In five panels of emerald-green velvet, with a remarkably rich and 
brilliant sheen. The panels separated by narrow strips of gold 
galloon which also form the border. 


Length, & feet 6 inches; width, 20 inches. 


SPANISH BrocADE TABLE CENTRE Louis XV Period 


The ornamentation wrought in highly colored silks, velvets, gold 
and silver; the principal ground is drap d’argent, and the floriation 
equals in richness the brilliancy of the metals. Border of fine gold 


galloon. 
Length, 8 feet 6 inches; width, 23 inches. 


SET OF SIX EMBROIDERED PANELS’ French, Louis XVI Period 


Fine white linen embroidered with loop scrolls in wire gold which 
serves as a connection for wheat and flower sprays embroidered in 
similar wire gold and also in silks. The embroideries appear exactly 
alike on both surfaces. Fringed with gold lace of fine design. 
Owing to the thinness of the linen this set would serve to make fine 


window curtains. 
Length, 6 feet 5 inches; width, 2 feet. 


ITALIAN DAMASK PANEL XVII Century 
Rich crimson damask, patterned with graceful floral designs in- 
cluding large partly independent figures, yet all held together by 


branching scrolls. 
Length, 9 feet 10 inches; width, x foot 8 inches. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET PANEL Florentine, Renaissance Period 
Velvet of deep wine-red with a light sheen supports silken em- 
broideries of greens, golden-yellow, white, brown and mulberry- 
pink, with enrichments of drap d’argent; the designs, enlarged floral 
figures and bold floral scrolls. At one end two dragon heads 


vigorously drawn. 
Length, 6 feet 6 inches; width each, 22 inches. 


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274. 


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276. 


2777, 


279. 


280. 


They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 


VELVET TABLE CENTRE Spanish, XVII Century 
Crimson velvet of deep and rich tone, with a broad border of 
gold galloon. Length, 6 feet 6 inches; width, 2 feet 5 inches. 
PatR JARDINIERE VELVET PANELS Louis XIV Period 


Cut and uncut velvet; the predominating motives blossom forms 
and bold Florentine leaf scrolls, the whole appearing in a soft 
golden-brown and silvery-white on an ivory ground, and in a re- 
flected light exhibiting wondrous brilliance and soft sheen of golden 
tone. Bordered by gold galloon. Length each, 8 feet; width, 20 inches. 


Rep VELVET LAMBREQUIN Spanish, XVI Century 
Red velvet of soft and baffling color quality, edged and ornamented ~ 
with scrolls and floral figures in broad gold galloon. Long gold 
fringe. 

Height, 3 feet; length, 8 feet. 
Rep VELVET LAMBREQUIN Spanish, XVI Century 
Red velvet of rare and baffling color quality, edged and ornamented 
with scrolls and floral figures in broad gold galloon. Long gold 
fringe.  -Height, 3 feet; length, 8 feet. 


Pair SPANISH VELVET LAMBREQUINS XVII Century 
From a background old-gold in tone there stands out a rich orna- 
mentation in cut and uncut velvet, the patterns floral and of gener- 
ous dimensions. Gold galloon and silk fringe border. 

Length, & feet 9 inches; depth, 25 inches. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET PANEL Italian, XVI Century 
Soft garnet velvet with almost a pigeon’s-blood-ruby sheen, bor- 
dered by a broad band of gold galloon; at either end a scrolling 
spray in floral design in gold embroidery. 3 

Length, 11 feet; width, 2 feet. 
GENOESE VELVET PANEL Louis XV Period 
Light tan ground runs alike through field and border; the field is 
decorated in cut and uncut velvet of a purplish tone mingled with 
silver-gray. The designs, floral conventions sprinkled with crescent 
moons; the well-defined border is entirely in pale yellow velvet cut 
and uncut, in highly conventional designs mainly floral in form. 

Length, 6 feet; width, 2 feet. 


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282. 


257. 


284. 


285. 


286. 


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PoINnT DE VENISE BORDER XVI Century 
The designs are conventional floral forms and foliar-scrolls con- 
nected by beautiful brides picotées. 

Length, 1 yard 24 inches; depth, 4 inches. 


PoINT DE VENISE COLLARETTE | XVI Century 


Punto tagliato a fogliami or gros point de Venise in very rich floral 
and scroll designs, boldly executed. 


Lace CusHION COVER Italian, XVII Century 
The lace worked with emerald and turquoise-blue silks, alternating 
with white, in an elaborately designed floral scroll surrounding a 
central square within which is worked the Sacred Monogram sur- 
rounded by a halo. The whole mounted on rose silk and bordered 
with gold lace. 


24 inches square. 


Gotp Lace CusHION Spanish, XVIII Century 


Wrought in floral designs of Eastern suggestion worked in gold 
and silver. Linen centre. 


Parr CUSHION COVERS Louis XV Design 
Garlands of point de Venise a la rose in intricate and elaborate 


floral motives appliqué on sheer fine batiste. 
Height, 20 inches; length, 28 inches. 


Gotuic Lace Rerectory TABLE COVER Spanish 
The oblong centre of plain linen bounded longitudinally by lace 
worked in a running floral design; at either end deep bands of lace 
presenting a Gothic gateway in which the figure of a child appears, 
the towers guarded by urns. Border of lace in deep points. 

Length, 7 feet; width, 1 foot § inches. 


FIL-TIRE TABLE COVER Spanish, Renaissance Period 
Plain linen central panel bordered in fil-tiré with stags, alternating 
with conventional figures; transverse bands at ends also in fil-tire 
exhibiting the stags and also figures in boats and two standing fig- 


ures of birds. Patterns appear alike on both sides. 
Length, 7 feet; width, 2 feet 3 inches. 


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288. Gotruic LACE AND LINEN ‘TABLE COVER V enetian 


Linen centre crossed by band of lace of early Gothic design, the 
whole bordered by Vandyked Gothic lace. 


Length, 5 fect 6 inches; width, 2 feet 6 inches. 


289. SPANISH EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER Renaissance Period 
Plain linen centre bordered by small grotesque birds, which appear 
across the ends beyond deep bands of rose-colored embroidery pic- 
turing trees, birds and a variety of wild animals. Edge ajoure. 

Length, 4 feet 3 inches; width, 3 feet. 


290. Muxticotor Lace Tasre Cover Italian, Renaissance Period 


Green silk centre with wide surrounding border of multicolor lace 
worked with silks in many designs of floral and geometrical figures. 
Edged with guipure lace. 


Length, 5 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet 6 inches. 


291. Firer Lace TABLE COVER Italian, Renaissance Period 


In the centre a square enclosing a foliated medallion and smaller 
figures, the surrounding body divided into two sections by narrow 
bands or lines worked in floral design interspersed with scrolls. Bor- 


der of Gothic lace. 


3 feet 8 inches square. 


292. VENETIAN EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER Renaissance Period 
Embroidered in dark blue on fine linen, the ornamentation appear- 
ing in a longitudinal border and broad cross bands embracing highly 
formal designs, some of them presenting vase forms, others typically 
Renaissance cupids, and interspersed figures of birds. Blue and 
gold lace edge. 

Length, 4 feet 9 inches; width, 3 feet 3 inches. 


From the Davanzati Palace, Florence. 


293. Goruic LACE AND LINEN TABLE COVER Venetian 
Plain centre, surrounded by lace border of conical design, the ends 
crossed by bands of wheels and blossoms; exquisite border of Gothic 


lace with festoons. 
Length, 6 feet; width, 2 feet 6 inches. 


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295. 


296. 


297. 


298. 


299. 


SPANISH Lace ALTAR FRONTAL Renaissance Period 
Central band of scrolls encircling heraldic figures and prancing 
horses at either side of fountains; upper edge bordered with birds, 
lower edge with a deeper border of quadrupeds and arborial figures. 
Gothic lace edge. 
Length, 11 feet; depth, 1 foot 9 inches. 
EMBROIDERED LINEN TABLE CovEeR  [talian, Renaissance Period 
Bordered with detached trefoils worked in red; transverse bands 
near the ends embroidered with scrolling foliations, also in red, 
and marked by five squares ajouré and filled with tendril tracery of 
gold and silver thread. 
Length, 5 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet. 


EMBROIDERED LINEN TABLE CovER Italian, Renaissance Period 
Plain linen of natural color, crossed by transverse bands of ruby 
embroidery patterned with formal figures of branching leaf design. 
Conspicuous among these are hands grasping leaves. In the same 
workmanship, a narrow border runs round the entire cover, its de- 
sign a succession of the Lamb of Saint John. Festooned edge also 
of hand workmanship. 

Length, 4 feet 10 inches; width, 3 feet. 


From the Davanzati Palace, Florence. 


SPANISH Lace TABLE COVER Renaissance Period 
Entirely of lace, the centre a mass of scrolls with solid sections pat- 
terned in geometrical designs; surrounding this a broad border of 
fine filet patterned with leaf scrolls and tendrils. Embracing this 
is a narrow band of animalistic design and around all an elaborate 
border of guipure lace. 
Length, 5 feet; width, 4 feet. 
ITALIAN EMBROIDERED PORTIERE Renaissance 
Fine linen, carrying a broad border of formal designs with trees 
and trellises worked in a delicate rose, both sides alike; finely 
worked lace edge in tree or leaf form. 
Length, 10 feet; width, & feet. 
Gotuic Lace CURTAIN Venetian 
Plain linen centre surrounded by a border of lace-work in rigid 
conventional designs; the two-headed eagle can be discerned among 
them. Narrow embroidered edge. Length, 10 feet; width, 4 feet 6 inches. 


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300. 


301. 


302. 


303- 


304. 


395: 


They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 


SPANISH LACE TABLE COVER Renaissance Period 
In alternating squares of punto tirato and filet lace; the designs are 
mainly floral in the punto tirato, while in the filet figures appear. 


Fine lace border. 3 
Length, 2 yards 6 inches; width, 2 yards. 


CAPARACON DE CHEVAL Louis XV Period 
Rich purple velvet ornamented with Spanish embroidery in gold; 
the adornment consists of scrolling leaves and innumerable pome- 
granates; three pieces. 


GOLD-EMBROIDERED CAPARAGON DE CHEVAL 

Spanish, XVII Century 
Saddle-cloth and pair of holsters all of red velvet with a sheen of 
wine color, heavily embroidered in gold with scrolling leaves and 


‘conventional foliations; the embroidery of great depth. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET CHASUBLE Spanish, Renaissance Period 
Red velvet of soft sheen, the orphreys embroidered in silk and 
gold, the principal designs being in gold thread; these include vase 
designs, flowers and leaf patterns, formal floral scrolls and chimerae. 
The embroideries are on a crimson satin ground. 


EMBROIDERED CHASUBLE Italian, Renaissance Period 
Satin of deep rose-red embroidered in many colored silks and in 
gold and silver with innumerable vases of flowers; besides the vases 
there are scrolling sprays and enclosing leaf designs. ‘The orphreys 
bordered by narrow bands of scrolling in gold embroidery. 


EMBROIDERED SATIN DALMATIC Italian, XVII Century 


White satin, resplendent with gold embroideries relieved here and 
there by silks of soft tones; the embroideries are in bold floral 
designs carefully formed with a fine sense of proportion. Blossoms 
of conventional form appear among graceful scrolls and the entire 
fabric is corruscating with a golden radiance which is itself illumined 
by the chromatic display of the silk. | 


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SPANISH EMBROIDERED DALMATIC XVIII Century 
Ivory-white silk resplendent with embroideries in gold and vari- 
colored silks; the designs are brilliant floral sprays and the gold 
is softened by the expanding flowers in emerald, blue and purple 
silks. ‘Trimmed and edged with gold galloon. 


EMBROIDERED SATIN DALMATIC Italian, XVII Century 
Companion to the preceding. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET CHASUBLE Spanish, XVI Century 
Brownish-red velvet with the soft sheen of time, having orphreys 
in gold embroidery picturing five saints, the figures appearing in 
silks of soft tones, and enclosing the Sacred Monogram. 


Two EmpBroIpERED DALMATIC PANELS 

Spanish, Renaissance Period 
Deep garnet velvet, the embroideries in gold on red satin; the 
designs are finely drawn, chiefly in scroll form with floral details 
which appear in colored silks. The borders are interlacing scrolls 
of a fine running design. 


SeT oF Two SPANISH EMBROIDERED VELVET PANELS 

Renaissance Period 
Crimson velvet with heavy gold embroidery, which includes a floral 
scroll border and a rectilinear panel also filled with scroll design 
and enclosing at centre a medallion, the ornamentation being birds 
with spread wings. 


Set OF Two SPANISH EMBROIDERED VELVET PANELS 
Renaissance Period 


Similar to preceding, except that the birds appear with young. 


Frencu WAISTCOAT OF GOLD BROCADE Louis XV Period 


Drap d’argent ground, through which runs a design of branching 
trees in gold; the trees blossom with roses and other flowers in 
silks of purple, blue, green and white. 


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S13. 


314. 


315. 


270. 


317. 


318. 


319. 


320. 


321. 


They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 


BLUE VELVET COAT French, XVIII Century — 


Bleu-royal velvet with delicate sheen. Man’s coat with lace cutts. 


RoyAL PurRPLE VELVET COAT French, XVII Century 


Man’s coat of rich royal purple velvet cut in the style of the period. 
Cuffs and pocket flaps adorned with buttons in the same material. 


Royat PuRPLE VELVET WAISTCOAT French, XVII Century 
To match the preceding. 


SPANISH VELVET BURNOUS XVII Century 
Velvet of rich emerald hue and delicate sheen, paneled in a narrow 
gold galloon and having a narrow border of fringed gold and 
green galloon. : 


‘Moorish VELVET ROBE XVII Century 


Velvet of rare and engaging rose-red with a brilliant shining lustre; 
gold galloon trimming. 


MoorisH VELVET RoBE XVIII Century 


Velvet of a pale apple-green with a wonderfully rich and variable 
sheen; trimmed with green silk braid interwoven with gold threads. 


DALMATIAN COSTUME XVII Century 


Velvet of rich ruby-red with a light sheen, heavily trimmed with 
gold galloon and with embroidered figures in gold thread; the 
figures are composite in scrolls and straight lines. 


HispANo-MorEsQquE VELVET GOWN AVIII Century 
Emerald-green velvet of brilliant sheen, simply trimmed with eae 
woven of emerald silk and gold thread. 


EMBROIDERED DALMATIAN COSTUME XVIII Century : 


Rich ruby velvet with a lovely sheen, embroidered in gold with 
conventional floral scrolls and further trimmed with lines of gold 
galloon lace. 


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324. 


325. 


326. 


327- 


328. 


VELVET BANNER Spanish, XVII Century 


Velvet of royal purple hanging in two pendants drawn to a sharp 
point; the velvet has a delicate sheen and is trimmed with fringe. 


EMBROIDERED PRocESSIONAL UMBRELLA Italian, Louis XV Period 
Brilliant; with detached sprays of flowers in silks of delicate colors 
and in gold on white silk ground. Festooned border, each pendant 
continuing the embroideries of the cover and edged with gold 
fringe; golden tassels hang at each and between each two pendants. 


LarGe FRENCH BrocADE COPE AVII Century 
Bleu-de-ciel ground carrying adornment of Spanish amplitude in 
displays of fruits, leaves and flowers appearing in colors both rich 
and delicate and brightened by large areas of silver; hood in accord. 
Bordered with silver galloon. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET COPE Italian, XVII Century 


Ruby-red velvet, the orphreys in old-gold embroidery relieved by 
silks of various colors and picturing six of the saints. 


VELVET Cope wiTH BRrocaDE OrPHREYS AND Hoop 

XVIT Century 
Amethystine velvet of rich tone and beguiling sheen, trimmed with 
silk brocade having a ground in accord with the velvet, adorned 
with cornucopias and floral devices and also with an escutcheon 
showing hands grasping floral sprays. Further trimmings of gold 
galloon and fringe. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET COPE Italian, XVI Century 
Wine-red velvet with a soft sheen, the orphreys and hood being 
of emerald velvet of the same period and carrying seven repetitions 
of the Cross and Sacred Monogram. 


EMBROIDERED COPE Spanish Renaissance 
Rich olive-sreen damask patterned in a wealth of fine designs. The 
orphreys and hood embroidered in gold, silver and multicolored 
silks on a maroon satin ground. The hood ts embroidered with a 
representation of Saint Christopher in a medallion surrounded by 
floral scrolls and tendrils, and the orphreys have six saints all ex- 
cellently done. 


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329. 


330. 


331. 


332. 


333: 


334: 


They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 


Cut VELveET TaBLE COVER Italian, Renaissance Period 
Ornamented in highly formal designs, mainly of floral origin, with 
occasional geometrical figures, the whole on an uncut ground. Gold 


galloon border. 
3 feet square. 


VELVET TABLE COVER Italian, Renaissance Period 
Golden-brown ground, adorned with a bold and vigorously executed 
lattice pattern which embraces floral designs. Yellow fringed bor- 


der. A museum specimen. 
Length, 3 feet; width, 22 inches. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET BANNER Spanish, XVII Century | 


Rich velvet with a ruby sheen, heavily adorned with gold and silver 
embroidery; the designs are liliform and conventional and at the 


‘top centre is a vase with serpent bands and three plumes crowning 


it. Gold galloon border. 


3 feet 3 inches square. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET TABLE COVER Italian, XVII Century 
Velvet of a brilliant deep azure in color, with a luminous sheen, 
almost entirely covered by heavy embroidery in gold; the principal 
design four large cartouches in corners, branching from, or connect- 
ing with, a square of brocade in the centre in a lighter tone of blue 
with golden ornamentation. Broad border of the same embroidery. 

3 feet square. 


VENETIAN BrocaADE TABLE COVER Louis XV Period 
Quadrilateral, with a narrow border of gold lace; silyery-white 
ground with a display of cornucopias, baskets of flowers and tree 
designs, boldly executed in gold, while smaller flowers in brightly 


colored silks fill the interspaces. 
3 feet 3 inches square. 


VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, XVII Century 
Cut and uncut velvet in a golden-brown hue, patterned with floral 
scrolls, which are emphasized by small blossoms; this stands out 
from a glistening background of old-ivory. Gold galloon border. 

Length, 3 feet 6 inches; width, 36 inches. 


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236. 


337: 


338. 


339: 


340. 


Cut aNnD Uncut Vetvet TABLE Cover’ French, XVII Century 
Old-rose ground, threaded by a lattice pattern in silvery-white, the 
lattice enclosing floral devices wrought in soft rose and emerald- 
green with fleckings of darker green. Gold galloon border. 

Length, 3 feet; width, 2 feet 9 inches. 


BROCADE ‘TABLE COVER Louis XV Period 
Ground of rose-red, damassé, carrying an ornamentation in gold 
and silver formed of detached floral sprays; the tulip design and 
scrolling leaves together with the pomegranate are conspicuous in it. 


3 feet square. 


VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, XVI Century 
Téte de négre velvet of rich quality, unornamented and bordered 
with gold galloon in a brocade pattern. 

Length, 3 feet 6 inches; width, 36 inches. 


VENETIAN BrocaDE TaBLE COVER XVII Century 


Drap d’or ground, interwoven with a delicate tone of rose and 
relieved by silver, the whole in floral patterns of much dignity and 
great display; numerous floral scrolls appear in silks of soft colors. 


Gold galloon border. 


Length, 4 feet; width, 3 feet 3 inches. 


Empossep VELVET TaBLE Cover Spanish, Renaissance Period 


Pigeon-blood-ruby velvet in three panels, the entire expanse given 
to an ornate decoration in floral forms embossed in cut velvet on 
the velvet ground. Broad border of gold galloon. 

Length, 3 feet 8 inches; width, 2 feet 8 inches. 


PERSIAN EMBROIDERY TABLE COVER XVII Century 
A rectangular field of a light atmospheric bleu-de-ciel is adorned in 
gold and silver embroidery picked out with details in silk with a 
handsome and bold floral pattern. The designs include large car- 
nations at the corners, pomegranates intervening, and the familiar 
tree device; connecting all is an interlacement of floral pattern. 
Wide border of crimson carrying floral scrolls in accord with the 
design of the field and similarly worked in gold and silver thread. 


3 feet § inches square, 


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341. 


342. 


343. 


344. 


345- 


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VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, XVII Century 
Velvet of rich wine color and plain surface; the ornamentation being 
supplied by a broad wavy border of silver lace. 


3 feet 2 inches square. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET PANEL Persian, XVII Century 
Soft wine-red velvet embroidered in silks, gold and silver, the recti- 
linear field with a foliated medallion of embroidery at the centre 
enclosing stellate and floral patterns of wide variety. The designs, 
all floral, are bounded by scrolls. Broad border of scrolls enclosing 
carnations, coniform figures and related designs. . 

Length, 4 feet; width, 2 feet 4 inches. 


VENETIAN BrRocADE TABLE COVER AVIT Century 


The whole fabric carrying ornate and finely drawn pattern of floral 
origin displaying bold figures on a lattice ground and appearing in 


a pale atmospheric blue on a base of drap d’argent. Bordered with 


silver lace. 
Length, 4 feet 4 inches; width, 3 feet 4 inches. 


Cut VELVET BANNER Italian, XVII Century 


On the crimson velvet ground is an escutcheon of gold embroidery - 
surmounted by the Papal tiara woven in gold and silver. The 
escutcheon embraces a picture of Adam and Eve in silk embroidery; 
the figures are very carefully drawn and the effect of light on the 
sky is notable in contrast to the atmosphere and the features of the 
landscape. r | 

Length, 4 feet 10 inches; width, 3 feet. 


INDIAN SHAWL WovEN IN GoLp AND SitveR XVIII Century 


The delicate fabric is silk interwoven with gold and silver, the 
ground color a soft green-blue. The main ground is in a lattice 
pattern with small floral designs in the centre of the spaces, while 
at each corner of the field are variations of the curious tree pattern, 
in the manner so familiar in Oriental textiles; this is outlined in 
silver and across the ends are bands of the same design in larger 
proportions and worked both in silver and gold. In one corner 
is the signature of the maker. | 
Length, 3 feet 10 inches; width, 3 feet 7 inches. 


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351. 


Embroidered in silks of rich color but sober tone on linen, the 
linen ground being of natural color. On this are formal ornamental 
patterns, among which a conventionalization of the pomegranate 
is conspicuous. The pomegranate is in a low tone of ruby-red, and 
on it is minor ornamentation of various forms and colors. Around 
the pomegranate swing great palm leaves embroidered in dark 
blue, red, green and various neutral tones and there is further 
indication of floral forms, partly naturalistic and partly conven- 
tionalized. The embroideries are in three broad panels. 

Length, 6 feet 11 inches; width, 3 feet 5 inches. 


PatR VELVET CURTAINS Spanish, Louis XV Period 
Glistening emerald velvet with a brilliant sheen, the field plain and 
unornamented. Broad border of gold galloon. 
Length, 7 feet 3 inches; width each, 3 feet 3 inches. 
JARDINIERE VELVET TABLE COVER Genoese, XVI Century 
Cut and uncut velvet in spacious floral design appearing in emerald 
and rose tones on a ground of rich golden-yellow; as well as the 
floral, a design of a crown appears conspicuously. Broad gold gal- 
loon border. 
Length, 4 feet 5 inches; width, 3 feet 8 inches. 


VELVET TABLE COVER French, Louis XVI Period 
Cut and uncut velvet of old-gold tone and a bright sheen, patterned 
‘n consecutive narrow stripes; the stripes of the cut velvet alternate 
with uncut velvet of minute floral pattern and the whole is bor- 
dered with gold galloon. 

4 feet 6 inches square. 
VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, Louis XV Period 
Rich ornamentation in emerald velvet, cut and uncut, the patterns 
detached floral sprays on a minutely latticed ground; the units of 
the design are in line on narrow stripes, which are conventionally 


patterned in velvet on a white ground. Gold galloon border. 
Length, 5 feet; width, 3 feet 6 inches. 


BrocaDE ALTAR FRONTAL Venetian, XVII Century 


Pale blue ground supporting a bold display of flowers and fruit in 
large clusters, all in neutral colors. Border of silver galloon. 
Length, 7 feet; width, 3 feet. 


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352. FRENCH BRocADE TABLE COVER Louis XVI Period 


Ground of golden-apricot tone carrying an open lattice in white 
and silver, the intersections of the lattice pinned with blossoms and 
the squares enclosing formal designs combining the pomegranate, 
tulip and leaf motives. Fine border of silver lace. 

Length, 4 feet; width, x foot 3 inches. 


353- JARDINIERE VELVET TABLE COVER Genoese, XVII Century 


Resplendent with rich floral designs of bold proportion, the carna- 
tion in conventional form appearing among them and also the 
conventionalized pomegranate; the whole in pale rose and rich 
crimson, emerald, golden-yellow and soft pink on a drap d’argent 


ground. Gold lace border. Length, 4 feet; width, 5 feet. 


354. EMBROIDERED CASHMIR TABLE CoveR French, Louis XVI Period 
Mauve cashmir of delicate quality, heavily embroidered with a 
ribbon border in silver gilt and the border wound among garlands 
of flowers worked in point de chenille. ‘These flowers are pink and 
white and flanked by branching leaves of green, both with silver 
gilt embellishment. At the head of the cover are festoons of 


flowers of the same sort. Length, 6 feet; width, 4 feet 3 inches. 


355. JANINA EMBROIDERED MILLEFLEURS TABLE COVER 
XVII Century 
Embroidered in silk on linen in six columns of palmate figures; the 
colors are rich brown, sage-green, sapphire-blue, white, and golden- 
yellow and the ground is the natural color of the linen. Occupying 
the spaces between the larger palmate figures are character devices 
of smaller proportions. | 
Length, § feet 9 inches; width, 22 inches. 
356. VELVET TABLE COVER | Spanish, Louis XV Period 
A rosy écru ground with a soft sheen is patterned with a floral 
lattice in rose pink velvet and golden-olive. Silk tasseled fringe 


border. Length, 5 feet; width, 3 feet 6 inches. 


357. VELVET TaBLe COVER French, Louis XVI Period 
Daintily designed in narrow stripes with minute ornamentation 
picked out in golden-yellow, red and green on a white ground. Of 
exceptionally fine quality. Gold galloon border. 

Length, 7 feet 6 inches; width, 5 feet. 


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359: 


360. 


362. 


363. 


PoInT D’Honcrig TABLE COVER AVII Century 


On a very dark sapphire-blue ground a rich floral ornamentation in 
scrolled and blossomed designs, in tones of red, blue and green 
with an abundance of golden-yellow. 

Length, 7 feet; width, 4 feet 6 inches. 


SPANISH BROCADE PORTIERE XVIII Century 


The ground of soft pale emerald-green is enlivened by displays of 
flowers and fruit in golden-yellow, rose pink and a silvery-white. 
At the top a transverse band of slightly different but similar designs 
in more quiet colors and bordered by a gold fringe; the entire 
curtain bordered by gold galloon. 

Length, 7 feet; width, 4 feet. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET TABLE COVER 
Spanish, Renaissance Period 
Red velvet of soft tone with a border of embroidered appliqué, the 
designs of bold floral scroll with a cartouche at the corners sur- 
rounded by liliform designs. | 7 
Length, 5 feet 6 inches; width, 4 feet 6 inches. 


DAMASK COVER ITALIAN, Renaissance Period 
A gorgeous piece, if the term gorgeous can be applied to so quiet 
a color as golden-olive. Golden-olive this fabric is with a delicate 
sheen; the ornamentation in large floral and geometrical figures. 
In the baffling designs are included coronets. 

Length, 8 feet; width, 6 feet 10 inches. 


SPANISH VELVET TABLE COVER Louis XIV Period 
Rich coral-pink velvet with golden sheen, unornamented, surrounded 
by border of rich gold galloon in design of blossoms and a sinuous 


scroll. . 
Length, 7 feet 6 inches; width, 5 feet. 


SILK BROCADE COVER French, XVII Century 
A very brilliant textile fabric with a rich display of colors; the 
eround is a pale and quiet emerald against which the brilliant 
bouquets of many colors stand forth prominently. Flowers repre- 
sented are of large variety and are depicted in purple, green-gold, 
white and tones of mauve, and there is further floral enrichment 
executed in gold thread. Gold galloon border. 

Length, 6 feet 4 inches; width, § feet. 


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364. 


365. 


366. 


367. 


368. 


369. 


370. 


They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 


EMBROIDERED SATIN PIANO COVER Italian, XVII Century 


Rich crimson satin embroidered in gold and silver, together with 
silks of rich color; the designs in floral forms and scrolls. 


BrocaDE TABLE COVER Spanish, Louis XV Period 
The cover with a dazzling ornamentation of many and diversified 
floral forms, wrought in many colors on a ground of glowing golden- 


yellow. Bright gold galloon border. 
Length, 7 feet; width, 6 feet. 


EMBROIDERED DAMASK PORTIERE Italian, XVII Century 
Crimson field carrying an elaborate floral design and bordered by 
a broad band of embroidery; the embroidery a formal scroll of 
varied floral pattern worked in silks and gold, the whole appliqué 


on the damask ground. 
Length, 9 feet; width, 8 feet. 


BROCADE TABLE COVER Venetian, XVII Century 
Field of amethystine hue enlivened by an involved pattern of floral 
scrolling appearing in silver and gold. Broad border of Venetian 


silver and gold lace appliqué on linen. 
Length, 8 feet; width, 7 feet. 


EMBROIDERED SATIN BED COVER Louis XV Period 
Satin of a soft wine-red sheen ornamented with Manila embroidery 
in self and brilliant colors. The designs are floral and worked in 
scroll forms, the colors of great variety. Incidentally there are 
medallions bordered with floral sprays, which enclose unusual yer- 
sions of a coroneted coat of arms. 

Length, 8 feet 6 inches; width, 5 feet 6 inches. 


FRENCH EMBROIDERED SATIN TABLE CovER Louis XV Period 
Silvery-white satin with a fascinating ornamentation in silks of 
delicate tones, the designs boldly drawn floral scree supporting 
clusters of flowers. 
Length, 7 feet 8 inches; width, 6 feet 9 inches. 
Rep DAMAsK BALDACCHINO Italian, Louis XIV Period 
Rich crimson damask with a regal pattern in highly conventional 
floral designs; bordered with silk passementerie. 
Length, 9 feet 6 inches; width, 9 feet. 


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372. 


373: 


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375: 


376. 


ITALIAN DAMASK BALDACCHINO Louis XIV Period 
Crimson damask of rich note patterned in formal floral designs; 
double borders and the whole edged with silk fringe. 

Length, 9 feet; width, 8 feet. 
FRENCH BrocavE PoRTIERE Louis XV Period 
Ground of ivory silk, patterned in vertical panels which are sepa- 
rated by mauve strips; panels divided by flowers and fruit clusters 
in waving branches of gold embroidery. 

Length, 7 feet 10 inches; width, 7 feet 4 inches. 


GREEN VELVET PORTIERE Spanish, XVII Century 


Velvet of deep green tones and a soft silvery sheen, brightened by 
a band of rich gold galloon. 


Length, 10 feet 6 inches; width, 5 feet 4 inches. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET THRONE HANGING Italian, XVII Century 
Red velvet of rich tonal quality with a sheen of ivory, finely 
embroidered in gold with delicate floral scrolls, disclosing the tulip 
and other conventional figures. At the centre of either side a tas- 
seled escutcheon surmounted by a crown. Gold galloon border. 
Length, 11 feet; width, 6 feet 6 inches. 
NEEDLEWORK BED COVER Spanish, Renaissance Period 
A cover of royal splendor in the colors reflected from the purely 
Renaissance border; almost dazzling with golden-yellow on a 
silvery-white ground, the brilliance offset by deep tones of red, 
blue and green. Patterns of flowers are freely handled and foliar 
scrolling. Incidentally appears a heraldic eagle. The broad border 
is flanked by two narrow ones of detached medallions and floral 


figures. Length, 9 feet; width, 8 feet. 


PAINTED AND EMBROIDERED PorTizRE Italian, Renaissance Period 
A broad border framed in gold galloon is patterned with finely 
scrolling rich foliations and bulging cornucopias on a red ground. 
At the corners are cherubs holding sheaves of wheat; the cherubs 
have flying draperies of green, blue and brown adorned with em- 
broideries of gold. On the inner side the gold galloon border is 
repeated, framing a large parallelogram of soft rose-red, which is 
illuminated by a finely designed conventional pattern disclosed in 
drap d’argent. At the bottom hangs a gold knotted fringe of the 
period. Length, 8 feet; width, 6 feet. 


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377: 


378. 


379: 


380. 


381. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET EccLesIAsTicAL Dats CovEeR 

Italian, XVII Century 
Of the richest of red velvet, having a really splendid decoration, 
symbolical as well as ornamental, in rich and brilliant silver and gold 
embroidery. A fabric designed for a Prince of the Church; at the 
corner of each of two sides a monstrance with adoring angels and 
surmounted by a crown; at the centres of the alternate sides, an 
hour glass winged, upheld by angels. At each corner an urn flanked 
by scrolls and strap work which connects with the adjoining centre 
figures. ‘The whole surrounded by a border of angular scrolls and 
short C-scrolls enclosing trefoils. 

Length, 16 feet; width, 13 feet. 
DAMASK TABLE COVER WITH EMBROIDERED BORDER | 

Italian, XVII Century 


Central rectangular panel of rich and brilliant rose-red, patterned 
in formal floral devices with fluted urns and crowns. Broad border 


embroidered in silks on linen net, the designs Florentine scrolls with 


intermingled blossoms, and the colors blue, mauve, green and white 


in a golden-bronze ground. 
Length, 12 feet; width, 8 feet. 


SPANISH EMBROIDERED PORTIERE XVIII Century 
Centre panel of bright golden-yellow silk moiré embroidered in bril- 
liant silks with tulips, carnations, lilies and other floral designs 
interlinked by scrolls. At the centre a medallion encloses a bird 
perched on branches. Broad border of similar embroideries on 
lace. The embroideries on both central panel and border appear 
the same on both sides. 
Length, 9 feet; width, 6 feet. 

Lapy’s WaTTEAU CosTUME IN Two PIECES 

French, Louis XV Period 
Skirt and over-dress in delicate rose-pink silk with alternating stripes 
of white carrying brocaded ornament in small floral scrolls. 


Parr EMBROIDERY PANELS Italian, XVII Century 
White ground, embroidered with a brilliant display of flowers and 
birds executed in many colors. At the lower corners appear crowned 
escutcheons done in petit point. Fringed. 
Length, 5 feet 6 inches; width, 2 feet. 


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383. 
384. 


1985. 


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387. 


388. 


POLONAISE VELVET COPE XVIII Century 


Ground of drap d’or with a rich and highly conventional decora- 
tion of cut velvet in a greenish-blue tone. The color is of interest- 
ing variation due to the vagaries of age and use. Trimmed with 
gold galloon. 


VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, XVI Century 


Golden-yellow velvet of low tone in three panels separated by 
broad bands of gold galloon which also borders the whole fabric. 
Length, 7 feet; width, 3 feet 6 inches. 


SeT oF THREE GENOESE VELVET BORDERS XVI Century 


Velvet of deep rich red with appliqué of gold galloon in eccentric 
design; long gold fringe. 
Length, 8 feet; depth each, 2 feet. 


Set oF Four EMBROIDERED VELVET BORDERS 
French, Louis XVI Period 


The velvet a glistening silver-blue, bordered on both edges with 


silver embroidery in conventional figures; at the centre a cartouche 


and on either side of it vases of tazza design within parallelograms. 
Length, 15 feet; width each, x foot 2 inches. 


Set oF SEVEN SPANISH EMBROIDERED VELVET LAMBREQUINS 
XVII Century 
Rich red velvet with a pigeon’s-blood-ruby sheen, heavily trimmed 
with gold embroideries arranged in ribbon scroll and embracing 
figures of stellate blossoms and leaf scroll forms. Lower edge 


festooned and trimmed with gold galloon lace. 
Approximately, 22 yards of velvet. 


ELEVEN Strips OF ITALIAN BROCATELLE Louis XIV Period 


Brilliant rose-red of soft tone patterned in formal floral figures 
of high elaboration. 
Strips, 26 inches wide; total length (approximately), 46 yards. 


SeT oF E1cGHT HANGINGS Italian, XVII Century 
Damask of a beautiful silver-blue, soft and glistening, wrought in 


large patterns of floral design and exhibiting small blossoms, leaves 


and scrolls. Silk tasseled fringe. 
Total length, approximately, 50 yards. 


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389. 


390. 


391. 


392. 


They are printed in the forepart of the Catalogue. 


Lot or TEN Pieces oF GREEN DAMASK 

Italian, Louis XIV Period 
The pieces are various shapes and sizes and bordered with silk 
fringe. ‘The ornamentation is floral highly conventionalized and 
the fabric has a soft golden sheen. 


Approximate length of the wider pieces, 35 yards. 
Approximate length of the narrow pieces, 12 yards. 


Six Frret LAcE AND LINEN CurTAINS = Spanish, XVII Century 


Alternating bands of solid white linen and filet lace in designs 
chiefly floral, which are scrolled and enclose certain figures. 


Length, 12 feet; width, 3 feet 10 inches. | 


SET OF E1gHT LAMPAS CURTAINS French, Louis XIV Period 


~The ground a soft copper-red, lightly lustrous, carrying a florid 


ornamentation of finely designed floral forms executed in silver- 
white, delicate olive and soft golden-yellow. The rose of exagger- 
ated dimensions is the foundation for the ornamentation, which is 
completed by smaller flowers, large leaves and scrolling branches. 
A fabric of royal splendor. 


Length, 12 feet; width, each, 4 feet. 


Gros PoINT TAPESTRY WITH PETIT Point DETAILS 
English, XVI Century 


CHRIST AND THE WOMAN oF SAMARIA. At the well in the centre, 
the woman—a very modern looking woman—leans over the well! 
listening eagerly to Christ Who is seated on the opposite side. In 
the background are trees and a city with palaces, with swans swim- 
ming in a mill stream on the right. In the foreground on the left 
is a running lion, a leisurely unicorn, and a dog which is pursuing 
deer that appear on the right. The animals, the arms of the figures 


and other details are worked in petit point. Broad border of floral — 


scrolling in which the tulip, the pomegranate and the peony are 
conspicuous, and incidentally birds appear among the branches. 


The whole executed in quiet blues, greens and browns with ivory — 


and orange reliefs, and the border having a brown ground. 


Height, 6 feet 10 inches; length, 8 feet. - : 


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FLEMISH TAPESTRY Louis XII Period 


A joyous scene of royalty, the whole made resplendent by brilliant 
coloring in which rose, gold, ivory and blue appear, softened by 
the faded green of fields in the foreground. At the centre is a 
chariot in which a figure is borne, to whom a crowned King on the 
right points with his hand, while he holds his sceptre at his hip. 
At the left a crowned Queen stands surrounded by a group who 
joyously sound the trumpets. At the centre of the foreground a 
youthful warrior carrying a sword looks attentively at the standing 
King. In the distance numerous villagers appear capering in 
bucolic jollity. 

Height, 7 feet 4 inches; length, to feet. 


FLEMISH TAPESTRY Renaissance Period 


A broad border of splendid flowers and centred by cartouches, 
executed in light, quiet colors on a deep brown ground, frames a 
picture of a palace park. The park is viewed through slender 
columns supporting an arch, and in the foreground stand two fig- 
ures, one on the left wearing a hunting knife and appearing to take 
departure from the companion figure on the right. Back of them 
are two women, standing before a fountain surrounded by garden 
plots, while in the background a mountainous landscape traversed 
by a river completes the distant view. The colors in the picture 
proper, are blue and white, with small areas of green and golden- 
brown. 

Length, 10 feet 4 inches; width, 8 feet 8 inches. 


VERDURE TAPESTRY Flemish, XVII Century 
At left and right receding lines of trees, converging and expos- 
ing at the background a distant landscape with architectural fea- 
tures. Between the lines of trees, a palace and a formal garden 
with fountains playing, pedestals at either side and a fountain in 
centre foreground. In the foreground before the trees stand urns 
from which spring flourishing shrubbery in blossom. The foliage 
of the trees is characteristically black and green, exhibiting branches 
in sunshine, which appear in ivory-white and golden-yellows. Sur- 
rounded by a border rich in flowers, executed in light colors with 
green reliefs, on a light golden ground. 

Length, 9 feet 5 inches; width, 8 feet. 


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396. 


397. 


398. 


399: 


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Pair FRENCH TAPESTRY PANELS Louis XV Period 


Gold field with elaborate ornamentation chiefly in white, red and 
gray. At the centre a crowned escutcheon under a draped canopy 
and perched upon it a squirrel and a macaw; in the place of the 
arms are cartouches with a spear and a hand grasping a sham- 
rock. The design by Bérain, includes at the sides of the escutcheon 
masks based upon volutes and garlands connecting these with the 
central decoration. Transverse volutes appear again at the top 
supporting baskets of flowers, and the field color is carried to the 
border as a ground and the border worked on it in design of a 
profusion of flowers in colors of the garden. 

Length, 9 feet; width, 6 feet 4 inches. 


Roya Aususson Tapestry PANEL Louis XV Period 
On a knoll in the foreground a maid in rose, blue and white is 


seated, holding a basket of flowers in one hand while with the 


other she reaches toward a basket of fruit which a youth has 
brought to her. He is in blue, brown, rose and old-gold. The 
foreground around them is cleared except for clumps of herbage, 
while beyond them the landscape falls away to masses of trees 
which appear mainly in sunshine, and in the background are masses 
of architecture. A royal Aubusson tapestry woven largely of silk. 

Length, 8 feet; width, 4 feet 8 inches. 


PetTir Point TaprstTry English, XVII Century 
A religious fabric, having five large medallions on deep blue ground 
and with semi-Gothic border. ‘The central one pictures OUR LORD 
AND THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA, and the others THE FOUR EVAN- 
GELISTS. Intermediately the ground is a tawny color and worked 
with flowers, scrolls, escutcheons and other conventional figures in 


light and dark blue, white, green and red. 
Length, 7 feet; width, 6 feet. 


FLEMISH TAPESTRY Louis XII Period 


HERCULES AND DEIANIRA. A mythological subject represented on a 
spacious plan. On a balcony in the foreground female figures ap- 
pear; at right and left seated are Una and the unicorn, and Pomona 
with a cornucopia of fruit. In the centre is a seated bucolic figure 
with a lion and unicorn at either side. A large and very fierce 

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lion is about to spring upon the balcony from the right, while a 
strange bird perches in a corresponding place on the left. ‘Irees 
are in the centre of the composition and the background encloses 
on one side the contest of Hercules with the Centaur Nessus who 
has seized Deianira, and on the other side the figure of another 
Centaur and a woman prone, who holds a sword. In the farther 
background, coming from either side, figures appear carrying ban- 
ners and in the distance appears a castle on the bank of a stream, 
to which entrance is gained by a bridge. Fruit appears among the 
trees. On the capitals of the columns at left and right are masks 
above which appear escutcheons. ‘The whole in pale green, dark 
blue, ivory and burnt-orange, and the scene enlivened by a fore- 
ground of old-gold. Narrow border of ribbon scroll enclosing 
small blossoms. 

Height, 9 feet; length, 1x feet. 
FLEMISH ‘TAPESTRY XVI Century 
An elaborate composition picturing royalty in the centre of the 
foreground with supporters on the right and with men on the 
left running to the hunt. They pursue a stag which is almost 


‘brought to bay by the hounds in the centre of the picture. In the 


background is a palace with gardens and pavilions and on the right 
villagers are dancing before a church. At the side of the stag 
the doe is taking to a stream pursued by dogs and also by hunts- 
men. The foreground is one of flowers and shrubs amid which 
the high personages stand, and the background is one of foliage 
relieved by sunlight. The whole scene is brilliant with golden- 
yellow, white and various light colors which contrast with the ver- 


dure of the background. 
Height, 7 feet; length, 10 feet. 


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EMBROIDERED VELVET BAG French, XVIII Century 
Rich bleu-de-roi velvet with a prominent display of silver em- 
broidery; the embroidery takes the form of a fruit scroll. Surround- 
ing the edges of the bag and at the centre of each side, a formal 
figure involving similar motives. 

Height, 16 inches. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET TALITH CASE XVII Century 
Red velvet, ornamented with gold embroidery in a floral scroll which 
follows the outline of the case and encloses escutcheons beneath 
crowns. ‘hese are embroidered in gold and silver and silks, and 
in one is a Hebrew inscription. 


EMBROIDERED CHALICE COVER XVI Century 
On a silken ground is represented Saint Cecilia at an organ, done 
in soft neutral colors and enriched with gold. Surrounding the 
central or picture panel is a border of fine design also embroidered 
in gold. Gold lace edging. 


12 inches square. 
From the Davanzati Palace, Florence. 


Book Cover IN Pornt DE CHENILLE EMBROIDERY 
English, XVI Century 

Rectangular, exhibiting on a white ground an intricate, ornate and 
most interesting mass of minute embroidery. The designs are of 
flowers and scrolls and are worked in silk thread of soft neutral 
tones enlivened by gold and silver. In the centre is the portrait 
figure of a Jesuit martyr, appearing at three-quarter length. 

Height, 7 inches; width, 5% inches. 
Parr EMBROIDERED CoLLARETTES Spanish, Renaissance Period 
Red velvet embroidered with floral design in gold and bordered 
with gold fringe. 


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406. 


407. 


408. 


4.09. 


410. 


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PatR EMBROIDERED COLLARETTES Spanish, Renaissance Period 


Green velvet embroidered with floral design in gold; border of gold 
lace with two long silk tassels. 


Pair EMBROIDERED VELVET COLLARS 

Spanish, Renaissance Period 
Bordered with heavy gold embroidery which encloses a red velvet 
field, itself embroidered in gold and silver with graceful designs. 


Parr EMBROIDERED COLLARETTES Spanish, Renaissance Period 
Floral design of exquisite precision, embroidered in colored silks 
and gold and silver threads and border of gold trimming. 


POLONAISE EMBROIDERY XVII Century 
A religious picture entirely of embroidery, including the ground- 
work. A rocky and mountainous landscape with numerous religious 
buildings scattered about, an indication of figures in cleared places, 
and in the centre of the foreground the seated figure of the Virgin; 
her halo is gilded and jeweled and she holds the Child in her lap, 
He wearing a jeweled crown. ‘The embroidery is in silver and 
gold, the lower foreground being entirely of gold, and a grazing 
flock and the Madonna’s robes are worked in blue, white and rose 
silk. 

Height, 12 inches; width, 9% inches. 
RICHLY EMBROIDERED BAG Russian, XVII Century 
Emerald green velvet, miter shape, heavily embroidered in silver 
with incidental enrichment of gold in wholly formal designs. At the 
apex is palmate design, and enclosed within scrolls below it are 
stellate figures, and also a design of trellis work. 


CuT VELVET BaG Italian, XVII Century 
Tulip designs and a basket of flowers, finely executed in cut and 
uncut velvet of olive and emerald tones on a drap d’or ground; the 
whole enlivened by borders and paneling in brilliant gold galloon. 

Depth, 18 inches. 
BROCADE CUSHION COVER Venetian, XVII Century 
Brilliant floral ornamentation in silver, green and scarlet picked 
out with more delicate colors, within a broad trimming of silver 
lace. 


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An heraldic escutcheon, with lions, is embroidered in tones of light 
blue, silver and rose on a rich and brilliant golden-yellow ground. 
Bordered with silver lace. 

Length, 24 inches; width, 25 inches. 


GENOESE JARDINIERE VELVET CusHION CoveR AXAVII Century 
Floral designs, executed in cut and uncut velvet in tones of emerald, 
rose and ruby ona drap d’or ground. Bordered with gold galloon. 

Length, 23 inches; width, 24 inches. 


Set or Six VELVET CusHion Covers Italian Renaissance Period 
Cut velvet of ruby tone on a ground of golden yellow; the designs, 
blossoms and leaves together with scrolls. 

Length, 19 inches; width, 18 inches. 


JARDINIERE VELVET CuHarR Back Genoese, XVII Century 


Floral forms of rich magnificence appear in cut and uncut velvet 
of bold color on a white satin ground. Gold galloon trimming. 


EMBROIDERED Hoop 1 Spanish, Renaissance Period 
Our Lord surrounded by His flock, which He is delivering into the 
charge of Saint Peter; the lettering on a scroll overhead has largely 
disappeared. The figures are in silks of soft tone appearing within 
a ground of gold. 


SPANISH GOLD EMBROIDERED CUSHION Renaissance Period 
Floral scrolls surround a central parallelogram which encloses a 
monogram. The pomegranate appears among other designs, and 
the whole is worked in gold thread on a ruby ground. Bordered 
with gold galloon. 


Length, 21 inches; width, 17 inches. 


VENETIAN GOTHIC VELVET PANEL 

Patterned with a crown and highly conventional floral forms 
wrought in rich maroon-colored velvet on a woven ground of silver 
threads enhanced at certain points by weaves of gold; bordered with 
gold fringe. 


Length, 3 feet 6 inches; width, 12 inches. 


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EMBROIDERED VELVET PANEL Spanish, Renaissance Period 
Red velvet, heavily embroidered in gold, silver and silks of soft 
color, with formal designs embodying dolphins and winged dragons 
and overflowing cornucopias, paneled with gold galloon. Border 


of gold galloon lace. 
Length, 3 feet; width, 1 foot. 


EMBROIDERED PANEL Spanish, XVI Century 
THE CRUCIFIXION. Represented in embroideries of silk and gold, 
with angels arriving at either side of the Cross; two figures appear 
in architectural doorways below, one of these possibly the donor, 
the other a Bishop in the act of blessing. The whole in dull neutral 
colors. 


GoTHic EMBROIDERED Hoop Spanish 
Picturing the Saviour with Our Lady, seated above and between 
two kneeling figures, and other figures arising from the earth 
below; overhead, architectural details in soft colors. Gold fringe 
border. 


EMBROIDERED ECCLESIASTICAL PANEL Greek, XVI Century 
THE DEAD CHRIST. On a ground of deep rose-red satin the Body 
of Christ rests on the slab of a tomb, the arms of the Cross extended 
above Him. The Body is embroidered in soft brown and grayish 
silks and is haloed and enwrapped in gold embroidery. The Cross 
and the tomb are also in gold embroidery, while the slab is em- 
broidered in silver. Above are flying figures of angels, and the 
whole is surrounded by an embroidered border of gold lettering. 


Height, 20 inches; length, 26 inches. 


EMBROIDERED ECCLESIASTICAL PANEL 

Byzantine Style, XVI Century 
THE DESCENT FROM THE cross. Heavily embroidered in gold 
and silver, and more lightly in delicate silks on a maroon-red satin 
ground. Several figures appear besides the body of Christ, and 
at the corners are angels and evangelists, while above, the sun and 
moon are seen and the field is freely adorned with floral stars. 


Inscription in Greek lettering. 
Height, 20 inches; length, 24 inches. 


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BrocaDE CUSHION COVER French, Louis XV Period 
Golden-brown ground, enriched with a brilliant floral display in 
characteristic designs wrought in silver and glowing silks; silver 
galloon border. 


EMBROIDERED BANNER MEDALLION Italian, XVII Century 
THE MIRACLE OF THE LOAVES AND FISHES. Our Lord and the 
Apostles are pictured in softly brilliant silks enriched with gold 
and genuine seed pearls; the immense throng, waiting to be fed, are 
pictured in silks of soft delicacy. Surrounded by frame of gold 
embroidery; at the top, festoons enclosing rosettes of genuine small 
pearls. 


PROCESSIONAL BANNER MEDALLION Italian, XVII Century 
OuR LORD AT THE MARRIAGE FEAST OF CANA. Pictured in silks 
of brilliant colors; the figures assembled at the table are skilfully 
drawn and brilliantly executed, the silken embroideries enriched 
with gold and genuine seed pearls. Above, the draperies are fes- 
tooned with gold and more genuine seed pearls, and still more of 
the pearls appear in the gold below. Surrounded by border of 
gold embroidery. 


Parr VELVET CUSHION COVERS Italian, Louis XV Period 


Floral designs, with grapes, birds and human figures in cut and 
uncut velvet of emerald tone with rare sheen on an ivory ground. 
Trimmed with gold galloon. 


PoLONAISE VELVET CUSHION COVER XVII Century 


Drap d’or ground, over which appears in graceful scrolls a design 
involving branches of blossoms and wavering leaves, executed in 
olive-green cut velvet. Bordered with gold galloon and fringe. 


VELVET CUSHION COVER Genoese, XVII Century 
Ruby-red velvet, with a soft sheen; edged with gold galloon. 


Length, 30 inches; width, 21 inches. 


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432. 


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EMBROIDERED CUSHION COVER Spanish, XVII Century 
Roses, tulips and carnations, embroidered in various soft colors and 
gold on an olive ground; inscription in Hebrew at centre, embroid- 
ered in gold. 

Length, 25 inches; width, 22 inches. 
JARDINIERE VELVET CUSHION COVER Italian, XVII Century 
Bold and formal floral design in ruby, emerald and soft neutral 
colors on white ground. Edged with gold galloon. 

Length, 33 inches; width, 24 inches. 
EMBROIDERED Hoop Spanish Renaissance Period 
Point de Saint Cyr embroidery in gold, picked out with silks of 


soft tones picturing at centre Our Lady standing on the crescent 
moon and flanked by angels. 


VENETIAN Drap D’Or BrocaDE CusHION CovER 
: Louis XIII Period 
A gorgeous textile, woven in silver and silks on the gold ground; 
the designs are characteristic of the Venetian, and include certain 
naturalistic floral forms with designs of high convention. The 
colors, while strong in themselves, are lost in the golden glow of 
the whole fabric. Gold galloon border. 
Length, 34 inches; width, 21 inches. 
Four VELVET PANELS Italian, XVII Century 


Dark red velvet, with variable sheen divided into three panels by 
strips of gold galloon and bound by border of same. 


Pair SPANISH EMBROIDERED ORPHREYS - Renaissance Period 


Rich and elaborate fabrics, displaying ornamental scrolling of finest 
design surrounding oval panels of Biblical subjects, one The An- 
nunciation, the other ‘he Adoration of the Shepherds, most beau- 
tifully executed in needle painting. The whole fabric is resplendent 
with gold, the rich tones being relieved by silks of blue, green and 


white. Height, 19 inches; width, 21 inches. 


ITALIAN VELVET TABLE COVER Renaissance Period 


Emerald-green cut and uncut velvet, its ornamentation conventional 
floral forms; rich and brilliant sheen. Silver galloon border. 
Length, 3 feet 3 inches; width, 21 inches. 


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UNIQUE EMBROIDERED PICTURE Elizabethan Period 


CHRIST AND THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA AT THE WELL. He is 
seated, and she stands holding her pitcher and in conversation with 
Him. The figures and all the accessories are in silver and heavy 
gold embroidery; on the right are the Apostles, who make the 
amazing discovery, and in the background appears the city. Details 
include trees and birds in them, animals and a coiled serpent. 


VENETIAN EMBROIDERED ‘TABLE COVER Renaissance Period 


The embroidery in brilliantly colored silks spangled with metal on 
a ground of fine linen. At the centre, a quadrangular panel outlined 
in gold and embroidered in designs of running deer, a standing lion, 
birds and flowers, all connected with golden scrolls of fine line. 
Around this central panel the entire surface of the cover is occupied 
by finely drawn embroidered designs which include vases of flowers 
in great variety and birds perched on branches. Border of gold 
fringe. A fabric for a museum. 

3 feet square. 


FRENCH SILVER BrocaDE TABLE COVER Louis XIII Period 
A textile of marvelous brilliance and a museum example; the orna- 
mentation an involved design of floral origin and worked out with 
scrolling. Leaf patterns appear with frequency, and sprays of small 
blossoms with the petals spread and outstanding. All in silver of 
pristine brilliancy on a drap d’argent ground. Border of silver- 


gray silk tassels. 
Length, 3 feet 6 inches; width, 20 inches. 


EMBROIDERED SILKEN BANNER  Italo-dustrian, XVIII Century 


Broad border of silver embroidery in finely executed designs of 
leaf and fruit motive; at the centre, an escutcheon flanked by the 
Austrian eagles and supporting the order of the Golden Fleece. 
Executed in gold and silver embroidery and silks of delicate colors. 


GENOESE VELVET TABLE COVER AVII Century 
Dark red velvet with a maroon sheen appears in an abundance of 
floral decoration, the velvet both cut and uncut on a ground of 
drap d’or. Border of gold galloon. 


1 yard square. 


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444. 


445. 


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ECCLESIASTICAL BANNER Italian, Renaissance Period 
On a ground of ruby velvet having a soft and glistening sheen, a 
seated figure of Our Lord, holding a chalice and the Host, is 
mounted in gold embroidery; for relief, a few details are embroid- 
ered in silks. Gold galloon border and gold fringe. 

Height, 3 feet; width, 2 feet 4 inches. 


Two SPANISH EMBROIDERED PANELS Renaissance Period 
A central panel of red velvet is ornamented with heavy gold and 
silver embroidery in floral design. Deep border, embroidered in 
gold. 


Length, 24 inches; width, 14 inches. 


PANEL OF ENGLISH GOTHIC EMBROIDERY 

On a cruciform figure of embroidery on a ground of green damask 
the Crucifixion is represented. Above is the figure of God the 
Father, and at the extremity of the arms of the Cross two saints, 
Saint Peter and Saint Paul, while at the knees of the Cross stand 
Our Lady and Saint John, with saintly figures looking over their 
shoulders; at the base of the Cross are two more standing figures 
of saints. The embroideries are in color, on a ground of crimson 
silk enriched with gold thread. 


GoD EMBROIDERED CAPARACON DE CHEVAL 

Spanish, XVII Century 
Emerald velvet, with an extraordinarily rich adornment in gold 
and silver embroidery; the fleur-de-lys is contained in the ornamen- 
tation, as well as bold scrolls and formal floral figures. Bordered 
with silk and gold fringe. Three pieces, saddle-cloth and two 
holsters. 


Pair EMBROIDERED BORDER PANELS 
Spanish Renaissance Period 
On a brilliant ground of cerulean satin is embroidered a highly 
formal floral scroll, designed with precision and having small ten- 
dril scrolls branching from it; this in gold ground with a golden 
cord outline, accented by lines in crimson silk. Narrow border, 
done in a cord and gold lace trimming. 
Length each, 28 inches; depth, 10 inches. 


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BYZANTINE EMBROIDERED STOLE 


Purple velvet, having figures of Christ, Our Lady, and ten saints 
embroidered in red, blue, mauve and golden-yellow silks; each of 
the figures bearing the name in Greek letters. ‘The panels individ- 
ually, and the stole as a whole, bordered with gold galloon. 


Turee Borpers oF ENGLISH EMBROIDERY Queen Anne Period 
Floral embroidery in silks of many colors on a white silk ground ; 
the designs include roses, carnations, sweet-peas and morning- 
glories. Border of tasseled silk with Vandyck fringe. 
Length of two, 7 feet 10 inches; depth, 15 inches. 
Length of third, 5 feet 6 inches; depth, 15 inches. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET BORDER Spanish Renaissance Period 
Green velvet of rich tone, embroidered in bold patterns with con- 
ventional floral designs, some of them naturalistic, in golden-yellow, 
rose and white, outlined with ropes of gold pellets and lozenging. 
Border of or olive paillé in similar workmanship. 

Length, 11 feet; depth, 11 inches. 


Cut VELVET BALDACCHINO Spanish Renaissance Period 


Cut velvet of delicate and rich sheen, patterned in brilliant floral 


designs in cut velvet; silk fringe border. 
Length, 9 feet; depth, 22 inches. 


EMBROIDERED BORDER Spanish Renaissance Period 
Remarkably fine design of floral scrolling in heavy bands of old- 
gold on the cerulean ground, and with outlines of golden cord. 


Deep gold fringe. 
Length, 6 feet; depth, 12 inches. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET ANTIPENDIUM Spanish Renaissance Period 
Red velvet, of rich and soft quality, embroidered in a spirit of 
magnificence with rich foliations and arabesques executed in gold 
and silver, with incidental reliefs in blue, gold and yellow silk. 
Amid the bolder foliations are numerous scrolling tendrils, and the 
whole is bordered with heavily embroidered gold galloon and a 
long gold fringe. 


Height, 19 inches; length, 11¥% inches. 


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BRUSSELS TAPESTRY PANEL Renaissance Period 
Verdure decoration, illuminated by trees kissed by sunlight on a 
ground of soft and dull old-gold. Wild animals are represented 
in ivory, soft rose, fawn color and dark blue almost black. The 
border of formal design surrounds the entire panel, the colors in 
accord with those of the field decoration. 

Length, 8 feet 6 inches; width, 1 foot 9 inches. 
SPANISH RosE PoInrT COLLAR XVII Century 
Exquisitely wrought floral designs of fine variety, edge ajouré. 


SPANISH RosE PoINT COLLARETTE AVITI Century 
Wrought in bold floral scrolls enclosing centres of exquisite design; 
edge ajoure. 

FLOUNCE OF POINT DE VENISE A LA ROSE XVI Century 
The whole in very dainty designs, floral in their origin. 


Length, 2 yards 4 inches; depth, 10 inches. 


POINT DE VENISE COLLAR XVI Century 
In bold design finely wrought, the inspiration floral in execution, 


both delicate and bold. 


SPANISH RosE PoINT BoRDER XVII Century 
The design a floral entanglement exquisite in its intricacy and re- 
lieved by boldly worked elements, also floral in their origin; the 
tone a soft ivory white. 

Length, 3 feet 8 inches; depth, 12 inches. 
SUPERB POINT DE FRANCE FLOUNCE Louis XV Period 


Worked in floral designs of exquisite execution, the larger foliations 
gracefully scrolling and supporting small offshoots of flowers and 
fruit; interspersed are vases of flowers, and the lower edge is fes- 
tooned with floral rosettes and other patterns. 

Length, 3 yards 12 inches; depth, 21 inches. 
VENETIAN GoLtD Lace BorRDER Renaissance Period 
Gold lace-work in finely wrought floral designs, boldly exhibiting 
interlacing scrolls, together with the accompanying leaves and 


blossoms; in two tiers, mounted on a singularly agreeable coral- 


covered moiré silk. Length, 9 feet; width, 17 inches. 


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LACE AND EMBROIDERED ALTAR FRONTAL 

Spanish Renaissance Period 
The lace exhibiting large vases, large animals and arboreal figures; 
the wine-colored embroidery exhibiting design of birds, dragons 
and cornucopias alternating with floral forms. Silk fringe border 


in two tones. 
Length, 6 feet 6 inches; depth, 2 feet 4 inches. 


SPANISH LACE ALTAR FRONTAL Renaissance Period 
White filet of heavy type, in animalistic patterns intersected by 
floral designs. Border in blue and white, worked with procession 
of birds, heraldic figures of large birds, dragons, tree and flower 


designs. Edged with silk fringe. 
Length, 6 feet; width, 2 feet. 


VENETIAN GOTHIC ALTAR FRONTAL 
The designs disclose conventional floral medallions set off within 
Gothic tracery and various conventional medallions of smaller 


dimensions. Deep, pointed edge. 
Length, 9 feet; depth, 2 feet 4 inches. 


Firet Lace AND LINEN BORDER Spanish, XVII Century 


Alternating bands of solid white linen and filet lace in designs 
chiefly floral, which are scrolled and enclose certain figures. 


Rare Firet Lace Taste Cover Spanish Renaissance Period 
Wide dividing band and border of fine filet; at ends, large squares 
formed of the filet in numerous conventional designs of floral origin 
mingled with fine scrolls, and equal squares of sheerest linen, each 
with central medallion of filet, the whole surrounded by tiny guipure 


edge. 
Length, 6 feet 8 inches; width, 4 feet. 


Firet Lace ALTAR FRONTAL Spanish Renaissance Period 
Runner in figure design, both human and animal and large and 
small. ‘Two narrow borders of conventional floral figures, alter- 


nating with pairs of animals. 
Length, 10 feet 10 inches; width, 2 feet 3 inches. 


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469. 


470. 


471. 


472. 


GotTuic LAcE CURTAIN Venetian 


Longitudinal plain panel, interrupted by strips of punto tagliato, 
its pattern exhibiting fascinating designs, both of floral tracery 
and chevron patterns. Hand-knotted, festooned fringed edge at- 
tached by hand. 

Length, 9 feet; width, 6 feet. 


VENETIAN GotTHic LACE CURTAIN 


Linen field in three panels connected by narrow lace strips, the 
whole surrounded by a broad network of lace which finishes with 
a border in Vandyck points. 

Length, 9 feet; width, 7 feet 6 inches. 


SPANISH FILET LAcE ALTAR FRONTAL Renaissance Period 


Ornamentation is on a magnificent scale, the designs large vases, 
birds and winged figures; in one wide longitudinal panel a similar 
panel is adorned with quaint equestrian figures equipped with fal- 
cons and followed by bowmen, and interspersed with these are fig- 
ures of small birds, leaf sprays and rigid conventional designs. A 
third panel, somewhat narrower, depicts a long procession of horses, 
and between the horses are small birds and small quadrupeds. 


Border of long points and tassels. 
Length, 9 feet; depth, 4 feet. 


SUPERB PoINT DE VENISE BED CovER APPLIQUE ON FINE LINEN 
Louis XV Period 

Extensively ornamented, both in border and in the body, in charac- 
teristic floral designs of great beauty, bordered by narrow appliqué. 
Length, 8 feet; width, 7 feet. 


SUITE OF RosE Point BED DRAPERIES 
Venetian, Renaissance Period 


Four baldacchino borders and one coverlet. Almond-green silk of 
entrancing sheen, having appliqués of white rose point with floral 
patterns of exceeding richness. The designs are both leaf and 
flower form, and appear in simple scrolls and a broad entanglement 
of these scrolls. 
Borders: Length, 2 yards; depth, 17 inches. 
Coverlet: Length, 8 feet; width, 7 feet. 


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Parr VELVET CUSHIONS Louis XVI Period 


Ornamentation in bands, the designs appearing in bright green and 
dark red cut velvet on a ground of drap d’or. The ornamentation 
is in long scrolls of leaf-form, with branching blossoms. 

Length, 4 feet; width, 1 foot 10 inches. 


GENOESE VELVET PANEL Louis XV Period 


Ground of dull golden-yellow, with a brilliant floral decoration in 
cut and uncut velvet, emerald-green and purplish red. The field is 
centred by a large medallion in a floral framing and is surrounded 
by further floral scrolling. Border of velvet in the same tones, 
and framed by waved scrolling of minute lace-work. The velvet 
has appliqué work also in the outline of the central medallion. 
Length, 4 feet 5 inches; width, 2 feet. 


Two JARpINIzkrE VELVET TaBLE Covers Genoese, XV II Century 


A floral pattern, naturalistic in its design, appears in light ruby 
yelyet over a diamond lattice of emerald-green. A central foliated 
medallion appears in the same colors, and at its centre an oval 
medallion supporting four crescent moons, probably having heraldic 
reference. At the centre of the lattice are quadrants outlined in 
the emerald and adorned with a floral spray in ruby. Narrow 
border of scroll, deriving from the pomegranate. 

Length, 4 feet 7 inches; width, 27 inches. 


SPANISH VELVET TABLE COVER XVI Century 
Téte de négre velvet, unornamented and of a rich quality, the 
whole surrounded by a brilliant gold galloon border. 

Length, 5 feet 6 inches; width, 23 inches. 


Four GENOESE VELVET CUSHION COVERS Louis XV Period 


Their ornamentation a magnificent floral display, in a large central 
figure, and four corner ornaments; these appear in cut and uncut 
velvet in tones of rose, ruby, emerald and white on a ground of 
cloth of gold. The central design includes a lattice ground, and 
the flowers displayed include the carnation, rose, tulip and white 
violets. The whole is bordered with a floral design in accord with 
the central field and having the same cloth of gold ground. 


Length, 3 feet 10 inches; width, 25 inches. 


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ITALIAN VELVET PANEL Renaissance Period 
A very rare example in velvet of soft mulberry tone on a drap d’or 
ground, the tone of the ground now grayed by time. The designs 
in the velvet are grotesque animalistic heads, a rigid ornamental 
scroll, bird figures and small floral designs. Complex border, sim- 


ilarly executed. A museum specimen. 
Length, 5 feet; depth, 21 inches. 


FRENCH JARDINIERE VELVET PANEL Louis XIII Period 


Superb floral ornamentation, chiefly in rich crimson and emerald- 
green, but with some of the blossoms exhibiting graduated colors 
of delicate tone passing through the grays and vanishing on the 
drap d’argent ground. Among the designs, all in cut and uncut 
velvet, are poppies, lotus flowers and small berries, the whole sur- 
rounded by a sinuous border in which clusters of cherries appear 
in red, alternating with green leaves on the same silver ground. An 
extraordinary production of the Royal Manufactory and one of 
the finest examples of French jardiniere velvet. A museum speci- 


men absolutely. 
Length, 4 feet; width, 2 feet. 


VELVET TABLE COVER French, Louis XV Period 
On a ground of drap d’argent having a soft brilliance, the semi-de- 
tached floral patterns appear in cut and uncut velvet of a soft and 
brilliant rose-pink hue; the designs suggest an oak leaf and acorn, 
highly conventionalized. Gold lace galloon border. 

Length, 3 feet 10 inches; width, 25 inches. 


GENOESE VELVET PANEL AVII Century 
Cut and uncut velvet with a satin ground, the baffling color a bluish 
green; the designs are overhanging floral forms, together with 
branching leaves. Border of gold galloon. 

Length, 4 feet 10 inches; width, 2 feet. 


Pair SPANISH EMBROIDERED OVERDOORS Renaissance Period 


Wine-red velvet; bordered at the top with gold galloon, the fes- 
tooned bottom hung with a golden fringe; the velvet decorated in 
panels with silver embroidery in floral designs of high elaboration. 

Length, each, 3 feet 5 inches; depth, 2 feet. 


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Pair VELVET PANELS Italian, XVII Century 


Olive-green velvet, with a delicate sheen. Border of gold galloon. 
Length, 4 feet 3 inches; width (each), 2 feet. 


VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, Louis XV Period 


In cut and uncut velvet of emerald tones on a silver ground appear 
numerous floral sprays of high conventionality, some of them 
branching scrolls; softly brilliant sheen. Trimmed with gold 
galloon. 

Length, 6 feet; width, 2 feet. 


VELVET TABLE STRIP French, Louis XV Period 
Ground of a rich aubergine hue, threaded by a lattice pattern of 
irregular outline having a gold ground. At the intersections are 
implanted leaves of mulberry hue and the interstices of the lattice 
exhibiting bunches of grapes in varied colors on a gold ground. 


Silver lace trimming. 
Length, 6 feet 6 inches; width, i foot 8 inches. 


FRENCH BROCADE TABLE COVER Louis XV Period 
On a varied ground of emerald-green satin, an affluent display of 
garlands wrought in tones of brilliant rose, ruby, white, silver and 
gold. Gold lace border in shell pattern. 


Length, 7 feet 6 inches; width, 21 inches. 


SPANISH BROCADE TABLE COVER Louis XIII Period 
Patterned with a profusion of flowers worked in silver, emerald, 
gold and soft brown on a remarkable ground of flame color. Silver 


lace border. 
Length, 6 feet; width, 22 inches. 


BROCADE TABLE COVER French, Louis XV Period 


A textile of splendor with an expansive display of large exotic 
fruits, sprays of leaves and flowers, the whole appearing in silver 
and soft tones of silk on a ground of vague bleu-de-ciel tone. Border 
of silver lace of varied pattern. 


Length, 8 feet; width, 21 inches. 
FRENCH VELVET TaBLE COVER Louis XV Period 


Cut and uncut velvet of golden-pink hue in floral design on a drap 
d’argent ground. Gold galloon lace border. 
Length, 6 feet; width, 25 inches. 


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VENETIAN BROCADE TABLE CENTRE AVIT Century 


Flowers detached and in groups are conventionalized in formal 
designs and executed in silks of many quiet colors on a ground of 
grayish brown sparkling with silver and gold. Silver lace border 
of fine design. 

Length, 6 feet; width, 22 inches. 
ITALIAN SILK BROCADE TABLE CENTRE AVII Century 


Brilliant rose-silk ground with its own damascened pattern, and 
made gorgeous by an extensive display of gold and silver brocade. 
The gold and silver are found in conventional patterns, also in 
floral scrolls, and the field is further enlivened by flower and fruit 
designs in brightly colored silks. Border of gold galloon lace. 


Length, 6 feet 6 inches; width, 20 inches. 


SPANISH SILVER BrocaDE TABLE COVER Louis XIV Period 
Resplendent in patterns of fruits and flowers in a variety of neutral 
tones, heightened by silver on a ground of light bleu-de-ciel; bound 
with silver fringe exhibiting shell pattern. 
Length, 8 feet; width, 12 inches. 

Pair Ruspy VELVET TABLE CENTRES Spanish, XVII Century 
Large oblong central panel, and at either end two small square 
panels, and the whole bordered with gold galloon; the ends with 
a festooned border of gold fringe. 

Length, 6 feet 6 inches; width, 23 inches. 
FRENCH BrocaDE TABLE COVER Louis XIV Period 
Wondrously rich garlands of flowers and fruits, some of them, 
bursting from conch shells, glisten in gorgeous colors emphasized 
by areas of silver, on a ground with a soft tone of old-gold. Silver 
galloon lace border. 


SPANISH VELVET TABLE CENTRE Louis XV Period 
A solid strip of beautiful emerald-green velvet, with a border of 
gold galloon of ornate pattern. Length, 8 feet; width, 22 inches. 


PatR EMBROIDERED DAMASK PANELS Spanish, XVII Century 


Crimson damask finely patterned, embroidered in many-colored 
silks with flowers, scrolls, birds, shell patterns and chimeric jars. 
Length, 6 feet; width, 28 inches. 


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GREEN VELVET TABLE COVER XVI Century 
Emerald-green; wonderful color; collector’s piece. 
Length, 7 feet 6 inches; width, 23 inches. 


VELVET TABLE STRIP Italian, XVII Century 
Velvet of the most delicate atmospheric blue with a silvery sheen, 
bound with gold galloon. The color of a most rare tone. 

Length, 7 feet; width, 2 feet. 


Four VELVET OVERDOORS Spanish, XVII Century 


Rich ruby velvet, cut and uncut, patterned in bold floral design with 
intermediate lesser figures. The sheen of the whole is of a remark- 
able quality. Paneled and bordered in gold galloon; bottom has 
gold fringe. 

Length, 5 feet 4 inches; depth, 22 inches. 


GotTuic VELVET BANNER 
Shield shape, the top with a festooned border of Gothic design; 


the whole of rich deep ruby-red velvet with the pigeon’s blood 
sheen. 


Two EMBROIDERED VELVET Datmatics Spanish, XVI Century 
Velvet of rich red with a purplish sheen, having elaborate em- 
broidery in colors and gold; the ornamentation is in panels of dark. 
purple velvet on which the designs appear in silks and gold and 
silver with a golden-yellow ground. Birds and foliar scrolls are 
among the designs, also a medallion enclosing a vase of lilies and a 
similar one enclosing an ecclesiastical escutcheon. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET CHASUBLE Spanish Renaissance Period 
Velvet of rich wine-red with a delicate lustre, embroidered in gold 
and silver with liliform scrolls, branching designs of floral motif, 
fruit scrolls and rigid formal figures. 


Two EmBROIDERED VELVET DatmatTic PANELS 

Spanish Renaissance Period 
Wine-red velvet with a soft sheen, the embroideries in gold and 
silver with dignified and graceful floral scrolling of formal design; 
the borders are wrought in particularly effective forms of golden 
leaves. 


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505. 


506. 


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GREEN VELVET DALMATIC Italian, XVI Century 
Emerald-green velvet of rich and deep tone with a bright sheen; 
trimmed with gold galloon. 


Two EMBROIDERED VELVET Datmatics Spanish, XVI Century 
Velvet of a clear and rich wine-red, embroidered in gold and silver 
with scrolls of golden vines, liliform flowers and enclosing car- 
touches picturing two of the evangelists in which color appears 
with gold; similar embroideries on the arms and enclosing the 
Sacred Monogram in Greek form. 


VELVET DALMATIC WITH GOLD EMBROIDERIES 

Italian, XVI Century 
Embroidered green velvet, trimmed with gold and silver galloon 
and carrying large panels of gold embroidery ornamented and re- 
lieved by silks of green and red; the designs include cartouches 
and floral scrolls, intricately drawn and interwoven. 


VELVET DALMATIC WITH GoLD EMBROIDERIES 
Italian, XVI Century 


Embroidered green velvet, trimmed with gold and silver galloon 
and carrying large panels of gold embroidery ornamented and re- 
lieved by silks of green and red; the designs include cartouches and 
floral scrolls, intricately drawn and interwoven. 


VELVET CHASUBLE WITH GOLD EMBROIDERY 
Italian, XVI Century 


Deep green velvet, with orphreys woven in gold and colored silks 
making a truly magnificent display; the subjects pictured in them 
include, besides the Madonna and saints, the Adoration of the Shep- 
herds and the Kings. Trimmed with gold galloon. 


CAUCASIAN COSTUME XVII Century 
A coat of royal purple velvet, elaborately trimmed with gold em- 
broideries and galloon picked out with colored silks; in the orna- 
mentation of the breast, frogs of gold galloon are adorned with 
rosettes of silver centred by small coral beads and trimmed with 
gold tassels. | 


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VELVET CEREMONIAL ROBE XVII Century 


Velvet with a deep garnet-purplish tone, having a soft sheen and 
trimmed with gold galloon. 


VELVET COPE Italian, XVI Century 
Velvet of rich and deep olive-green with a soft sheen; the color 
of a rare quality. Trimmed with gold galloon. 


VELVET COPE Spanish, XVII Century 


Coral-red velvet, with a delicate pinkish sheen; an exquisite fabric. 
Trimmed with rich gold galloon. 


GREEN VELVET COPE Renaissance Period 
Emerald-green cope, extra fine color, rich galloon. 


SPANISH EMBROIDERED VELVET COPE Renaissance Period 
Deep garnet velvet, with the orphreys embroidered in gold in a 
columnar design with details of vases, bird figures and floral scrolls; 
border of S-scrolls picked out with blossoms. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET COPE Spanish Renaissance Period 
Velvet of a lovely Botticelli green with a golden sheen, the hood 
and orphrey in gold embroidery with silken details, and picturing 
Saint Paul in an architectural setting and a figure of Our Lord. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET COPE Spanish Renaissance Period 
The velvet a rich red with brilliant sheen, the orphreys and hood 
elaborately embroidered in gold and colored silks. In the orphreys 
are pictured Our Lord attended by cherubim, and at His either side 
three saints—St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Augustin, St. Rocque, St. Lucy 
and St. Barbara; on the hood, Our Lady holding the Child in her 
arms, St. John at her knee. The hood with gold fringe. 


GREEN VELVET COPE Italian, XVI Century 
Deep olive-green velvet with a golden sheen. Trimmed with gold 
galloon. 


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VELVET COPE Italian, XVI Century 


Velvet of a soft Botticelli green with a brilliant sheen of golden 
tone, trimmed with gold galloon. 


GOLD-EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER Italian, Louis XV Period 
White satin, with elaborate gold embroideries, their designs char- 
acteristic of the Louis Quinze period; they appear in magnificent 
display, surrounding a crowned escutcheon done in the same em- 
broidery and having a silver field of bleu-de-ciel tone. ‘The es- 
cutcheon carries a mailed arm holding a torch transfixed and a 
bouquet of roses worked in silk above three fleurs-de-lys. Trimmed 
with gold lace. 

Length, 3 feet 8 inches; width, 3 feet 4 inches. 
EMERALD VELVET TABLE COVER Louis XV Period 
Velvet a rich bleu-royal with a fine and illusive sheen; the embroid- 
ery is of silver and of highly conventional ornate floral design. The 
scrolls include the pomegranate device and areas of fine trellis- 
work. ‘he embroidery is entirely in the border, which is enlarged 
at the corners. 


3 feet square. 


VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish Renaissance Period 
On a silver-white ground a floral pattern, based on the tulip design 
but varied, and supporting blossoms and scrolling tendrils, stands 
out in crimson velvet, cut and uncut. Gold galloon border. 

Length, 4 feet 10 inches; width, 28 inches. 


BrRocaADE ‘TABLE COVER Spanish, XVII Century 
Ground of rose-citron hue, supporting bold patterns of floral de- 
sign, some distinct and others connected by a form of bold scrolling; 
the patterns have their origin in flowers and fruits and seem to 
reveal also fungus or cloud patterns. Colors are reds, blues, greens, 
pinks and deep brown. Gold galloon border. 


Length, 4 feet; width, 3 feet 4 inches. 


VENETIAN GoLD BrocADE TABLE COVER XVII Century 
The ivory ground is completely covered by bold formal designs 
wrought in gold, rose-apricot and violet-gray; gold galloon lace 


border. 
Length, 7 feet; width, 3 feet. 


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FrencH Brocade TABLE COVER XVII Century 


A fabric of gorgeous color, the resplendent designs including fruit 
motives and balcony grilles; these are worked in deep crimson, light 
bleu-de-ciel, as well as deeper cerulean tones, on a pale purple 
ground, with additional adornment of what is sometimes called ths 
pineapple motive. Border of silver lace galloon. 

Length, 4 feet 10 inches; width, 3 feet 4 inches. 


Gotp BrocaDE TABLE COVER Venetian, XVII Century 
On an ivory-white ground diapered in delicate patterns is a gor- 
geous display of floral compositions worked in rich crimson, dark 
and delicate purples, emerald, blue, and silvery white silks and 
gold threads. The display is rich and added to by festoons. Gold 
trimming. 

Length, 5 feet; width, 3 feet. 


SPANISH EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER Renaissance Period 
Crimson satin, covered with gold and silver embroideries in de- 
tached designs, some floral of high conventionality and some in 
the form of detached scrolls; trimmed with gold fringe. 

Length, 7 feet; width, 2 feet 6 inches. 


VELVET TABLE COVER Italian, XVII Century 
Crimson velvet, of extraordinary richness of color and exhibiting 
a delicate sheen; paneled and bordered with narrow gold fringe 
trimming. 

Length, 5 feet 6 inches; width, 4 feet. 


VENETIAN BrocaDE TABLE COVER XVII Century 
The whole fabric a display in gold and silver of highly conventional 
leaf scrolls on a dark crimson ground; the alternation of the gold 
and silver is particularly effective. Border of gold galloon. 

Length, 6 feet; width, 3 feet 5 inches. 


VENETIAN BrocaDE TABLE COVER Louis XV Period 
Ground of drap d’argent supports a variety of floral patterns in 
silks of delicate colors. Included among the designs are sprays 
of flowers and clusters of fruit; the colors are, in the main, emerald 
green, vicux-rose hues, heliotrope and blue. Border of silver bro- 


caded galloon. 
Length, 4 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet 9 inches. 


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VELVET ALTAR FRONTAL Italian, XVII Century 
Red velvet of bright tone, paneled and bordered with gold galloon 
and carrying an additional border of gold fringe; the central panel 
ornamented in gold and silver embroideries with an escutcheon 


supported by lions, its centre of red silk and carrying a pendant in 
blue silk and gold. 
Length, 7 feet; depth, 3 feet. 


VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish, Louis XV Period 
Emerald velvet, gloriously rich in hue and carrying delicate but 
brilliant sheen. Bordered with silver galloon in a precise brocade 


pattern. 
Length, 5 feet; width, 3 feet 5 inches. 


VELVET CourT MANTLE Spanish, XVII Century 
Red velvet with ruby sheen, bearing near its edges the impress of 
its original embroidered decoration, which was of scrolls with 
branching leaves. ‘Trimmed with gold galloon.. 

Length, 6 feet 6 inches; width, 5 feet 4 inches. 


Two VELveT TABLE COVERS Italian, XVI Century 


Iimerald-green velvet with light sheen, and carrying a border of 
silver embroidery in scrolls and designs of similar character. 


Length, 6 feet; width, 3 feet. 
From the Davanzati Palace, Florence. 


SET OF Four VELVET PANELS Itahan, XVIII Century 


Cut and uncut velvet of a most delicate bluish tone on a drap 
d’argent ground; the designs are blossoms, floral scrolls and archi- 
tectural brackets. 

Length, 9 feet; width each, 2 feet. 


PatR EMBROIDERED PANELS Italian, XVII Century 


Solid embroidery in satin and an infinite variety of other stitches, 
in silks of numerous soft colors and in gold threads. ‘The designs 
include birds perched on scrolling vines, bunches of grapes, butter- 
flies and animals, and at one end a satyr as an atlantes supporting 
large urns garlanded with fruits. A part of the embroidery quilted, 
including the spear-head border. Extraordinary productions and, 
so far as known, unique. | 

Length, 10 feet; width, each 2 feet. 


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Pair EMBROIDERED PANELS Italian, XVII Century 


Conspicuous in the solid mass of ornamentation are medallions 
flanked by bearded masks, two containing animals and two birds. 
Besides these there are brilliant floral designs of bold execution, 
the details of the flowers worked out in silks, brilliant yet soft in 
color, within a ground of gold threads. Among the fruit designs 
are bunches of grapes and pomegranates and small mascarons; shell 
patterns are also introduced. Have long gold fringe. 

Length, 9 feet 6 inches; width, each, 2 feet 6 inches. 


Two FRIirzes OF SPANISH EMBROIDERY XVII Century 
In five panels each and bordered with a jardiniére fringe. On a 
ground of golden-yellow satin, irises and peonies are embroidered 
in emerald-green, yellow, mauve, white and a gray-brown enriched 


with scrolling in silver. 
Length, 23 feet 6 inches; depth, 2 feet 3 inches. 


SPANISH EMBROIDERY ALTAR FRONTAL Renaissance Period 


On white satin with a backing of linen; the embroideries are in 
silks of various colors finely designed in floral forms, scrolls and 
conventional figures, including birds. ‘The ornamentation is in a 
broad band at the top, followed by a subsidiary band festooned 
across the fabric and in a large field below. In this field the central 
ornamentation is a medallion embroidered with flowers and pic- 


turing St. Francis at his devotions. 
Length, 7 feet; width, 3 feet 6 inches. 


DaMAsSK ALTAR FRONTAL Italian, Renaissance Period 


Emerald-green damask of an exquisitely soft color, adorned with 
gold embroidery appliqué; the designs stellate and floral in outlines 
of gold thread ona ground of golden tone. The embroidery figures 
in panels and in a border, and the frontal has a broad golden fringe. 

Length, 7 feet; depth, 3 feet 6 inches. 


EMBROIDERED VELVET PANEL Spanish Renaissance Period 
Crimson velvet, heavily embroidered with fine design of scrolls, 
conventionalized flowers and fruits, and at the centre a coat of 
arms; the embroidery is in silver, gold and silks. The lower edge 
of the panel is banded with gold embroidery. 

Length, 9 feet; depth, 24 inches. 


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VELVET ALTAR FRONTAL WITH SILVER EMBROIDERIES 

Spanish, XVII Century 
Dark red velvet, heavily overlaid with rich and elaborate silver 
embroideries; the designs include large vases with flowers and 
fruits scrolling from them, conventions of the pomegranate and 
the tulip appearing conspicuously. The vases themselves are of 
ornate pattern, with scrolling handles of high convention. The top 
border is similarly ornamented, but the pomegranates there are 
flanked by long, serrated scrolling leaves. Under the top border is 
a festooned border within the field, the festoons being intersected 
by bell-shaped drops. Gold galloon and gold fringe trimming. 

Length, & feet; depth, 3 feet. 


IsPAHAN JARDINIERE VELVET RUG Persian, XVI Century 
Rectilinear field of drap d’or ground with a floral adornment iri- 
descent in the variety of its hues. The designs are characteristic 
of the nationality and the period, and are wrought in gracefully 
scrolling form, the tulip being at the base of the design and small 
blossoms used for enlivenment. Broad border of drap d'argent, 
threaded by a conventional floral scroll in wine-red and the palest 
of olive tones. In the same silver cloth are two narrow borders 
with a brilliant and vivid copper ornamentation in silk. A rare 
piece of extraordinarily high quality and worthy a place in a 


museum. 
Length, 6 feet; width, 4 feet. 


PETIT-POINT TABLE COVER Italian Renaissance Period 
A brilliant production in soft neutral colors on a ground of dull 
golden tone, the ornamentation large floral designs surrounding a 
pelican with young, on one side of which is a squirrel and on the 
other a rabbit. The ornamentation makes little distinction between 
field and border, and yet the border designs are emphasized by 
scrolls in a soft blue. Butterflies adorn either end of the field, and 
beside them is the monogram of the maker. 

Length, 6 feet 6 inches; width, 4 feet 4 inches. 


GREEN DaMaAsk PoRTIERE Spanish, Louis XV Period 


Emerald-green damask with a soft sheen, entirely patterned with 
highly conventional and refined floral forms. 
Length, 8 feet; width, 6 feet 8 inches. 


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Cut VELVET TABLE COVER Spanish Renaissance Period 


Completely covered by large and brilliant floral designs in cut 
velvet of rich amethystine hue on a ground of pale golden tone. 
Gold galloon border. 

Length, 7 feet; width, 6 feet 6 inches. 
FRENCH BROCADE PANEL Louis XIII Period 
Ground of sage green, made resplendent by blossoms in involved 
floral designs and sweeping scrolls wrought in gold and silver and 
silks of many colors. The brocade is so thick and rich as to give 
the effect of embroidery. Material for a regal costume. 

Length, 12 feet; width, 3 feet 3 inches. 


FRENCH BROCADE COVER Louis XIII Period 


The ground of silver-blue has an ornate decoration in rich and 
splendid color, the hues rose and green, white and pink and a light 
golden yellow, and there is incidental enrichment in silver. Fes- 
tooned border of silver galloon. 

6 feet 6 inches square. 


JANINA EMBROIDERED MILLE-FLEURS COVER XVI Century 


Embroidered in silks of many colors, rich but quiet and enlivened 
by small blossoms in silvery white. The ornamentation is in three 
broad panels, each flanked by narrow borders which continue the 
general design. The principal colors are red, sapphire-blue and 
olive-green. 

Length, 7 feet; width, 3 feet 6 inches. 


JANINA EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER XVI Century 
Embroidered on linen in silks of rich color; the embroideries are 
in three panels with narrow borders, each panel supporting floral 
decoration with conventional forms. These include both large and 
small devices, with the interspaces occupied by blossoms and crude 
conyentionalities. The colors are many, on a ground of soft green. 

Length, 7 feet 3 inches; width, 4 feet. 


RoyaAL VENETIAN GOLD AND SILVER Lace Cover XVI Century 
The designs in gold and silver lace appliqué on a brilliant green 
satin. They include, besides the floral scrolls of a bold character, 
a diversity of birds and animals variously involved in floral scroll- 
ing. Bordered with gold galloon and gold fringe. 


6 feet square. 


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WHITE SILK EMBROIDERED COVER Italian, XVII Century 


At the centre, an escutcheon surrounded by a floral wreath finely 
embroidered in soft colors; the broad field is surrounded by a 
similar border also embroidered in delicate colors, and the field is 
further outlined by a band of gold galloon followed by a border 
festonné, embroidered with flowers in silk and enriched with gold. 
Edged with gold galloon having a tasseled fringe. 

Length, 9 feet; width, 7 fect. 


SPANISH BROCADE COVER Louis XV Period 
Violet ground of soft brilliancy, patterned with small devices of 
fruit and nut shape in the same color, the whole forming a quiet 
ground for an ornamentation of sinuous leaf scrolls and nodding 
flowers, all executed in brilliant gold. Among the flowers the 
carnation is conspicuous, as are tulips and conventional lotus flow- 
ers. Narrow border of gold lace. 

7 feet square. 
BROCADE PORTIERE French, Louis XIV Period 


On an emerald-green ground a magnificent display of ornamenta- 
tion, the designs combining marble portals, ornate coffrets, vases 
of flowers and armorial hangings, all of which appear in silver 
mingled with golden-yellow silks and soft tones of red and brown. 


Silver galloon border. 
Length, 7 feet 8 inches; width, 6 feet 6 inches. 


SILK-EMBROIDERED TABLE CoveR English, Queen Anne Period 
A brilliant fabric; satin ground of rich creamy white is embroidered 
in silks of many colors with flowers of wide variety. The scheme 
of decoration suggests powerfully a memory of Chinese designs, the 
peony especially as conventionalized in design by the Chinese is 
conspicuous here, and its neighbors in the brilliant ornamentation 
include the chrysanthemum, the iris, the tulip and smaller flowers. 
These are worked in tones of golden yellow, rich seal brown, deep 
greens and soft blues with conspicuous reds. Rich silk fringe border. 

Length, 7 feet 10 inches; width, § feet 2 inches. 


Pair Sirk DAMASK CURTAINS French, Louis XVI Period 


A brilliant delicate emerald-green, patterned with a multiplicity 
of floral devices and a ground of formal lattice design. Festooned 


border of silk fringe. Length, 6 feet 7 inches; width, 5 feet. 


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SILK BROCADE PORTIERE Spanish, Louis XV Period 
Ground of a brilliant creamy tone with a faint coral suffusion; this 
supports ornamental devices of distinction, floral in their origin, 
and several of them tied with bands of streamers, their execution in 
a bland and brilliant emerald-green, with a variation of the ground 
color which gives the effect of white. Border of coral pink silk 


fringe. Length, 10 feet; width, 5 feet 6 inches. 


RHODIAN PORTIERE XVI Century 
Silk embroidery on linen, the ornamentation in characteristic 
Rhodian designs based upon the tulip and scrolling leaves; colors 
a soft red, an equally soft blue, and emerald picked out with ivory, 
the linen ground being in natural color. Border in accord, the 
design being of smaller proportions. 

Length, 8 feet 6 inches; width, 5 feet 4 inches. 


JANINA EMBROIDERED TABLE COVER XVI Century 


Embroidered in magnificent silks on linen of natural hue. The 
great field is plain and is surrounded by a broad border which is 
of rare and individual design. In it large figures of the tulip 
appear at intervals in their varied floral scroll, which at times is 
interrupted by figures of rose-water bottles. Along the top of 
the border is a procession of primitively worked birds, and a nar- 
row exterior border is formed of detached designs of the tulip and 
other flowers. The corners enclose a ewer holding a bouquet of 
carnations, on each one of which is perched a plumed bird. The 
whole of the embroidery is in glowing ruby red, a deep and re- 


markable green, azure and golden rose-pink. 


Length, 9 feet 7 inches; width, 7 feet 10 inches. 


Rep VELVET BALDACCHINO WITH GoLD FRINGE 

| Spanish, XVI Century 
Velvet of fine quality and entrancing sheen, the color varying tones 
of rose-red. Length, & feet 6 inches; width, 6 feet 6 inches. 


SILVER BrocaDE TaBLE COVER French, Louis XIV Period 
Brilliant drap d’argent ground, enlivened by a floral decoration in 
many colors, overhanging vines, bunches of grapes and interspersed 
architectural elements. Conspicuous by repetition is an urn at the 


head of steps. Silver galloon border. 
Length, 6 feet 5 inches; width, 5 feet 7 inches. 


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Parr Rep VELVET CURTAINS Spanish, XVII Century 
Double-faced velvet, the one face in a fine ruby-red with a delicate 
sheen, the reverse a brilliant emerald-green, left long, curly and 
almost moss-like, with a beguiling sheen. Rich gold galloon border. 
Length, 10 feet 6 inches; width, 3 feet 10 inches. 
GoTrHic TAPESTRY Spanish, XV Century 
Rectangular field, of light apricot-brown surrounded by a broad 
azure border. Field centred by a medallion bearing the heraldic 
two-headed eagle. About this are four irregularly scrolling medal- 
lions, half-medallions and quatrefoils. These are worked in green, 
white, blue and light yellow, and in addition are grotesque birds and 
small animals of various sorts. In the border appear strange birds 
holding branches, and at the corners repetitions of the heraldic two- 
headed eagle. 
Length, 9 feet; width, 4 feet 6 inches. 
Four PANELS OF AN EMBROIDERED VELVET PORTIERE 
Florentine Renaissance Perio 
The panels are now connected, but could be used separately as 
screen panels. Drap d’or ground, magnificently ornamented with 
cut ruby velvet and embroideries of gold and colored silks. The 
ornamentation is characteristic, including large scrolling figures, 
baskets of pomegranates and liliform designs. Production of much 
color and vivid but agreeable contrast. 
Length, 8 feet; width, 7 feet. 


BLUE VELVET PORTIERE Italian, XVI Century 


Velvet of a rich Cashmir sapphire-blue with a quiet sheen. Orna- 
mented with a band of gold galloon which parallels a narrow edge | 
of the same material. A rare haging, both in refined color, quality 
of material, and size, in a plain piece. 


From the Davanzati Palace, Florence. 


FRENCH BrocaDE PoRTIERE Louis XIII Period 
Ground of rich green, boldly patterned in characteristic designs 
which embody bunches of fruit and of flowers wrought in a variety 
of soft and rich colors. A fabric of rich but restrained grandeur. 
Surrounded by a border of silver lace. 

Length, 7 feet 10 inches; width, 7 feet 4 inches. 


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Bleu-de-ciel ground, brightened by formal floral designs in silver 
and further illumined by enclosures of emerald-green surrounding 
monumental architectural details; in addition are hangings of 
various designs wrought in soft but rich colors of sik. ‘The un- 
usual thickness and excessive richness of the brocade is such as to 
make it resemble embroidery with metallic threads. 

Length, 10 feet 6 inches; width, 7 feet. 


567. NEEDLEWORK PORTIERE English, Elizabethan Period 


Most painstaking needlework in wool on canvas, the ground a deep 
dark blue, the embroideries lighter blue and two shades of green, 
a light and a dark rose and a golden-yellow. The ornamentation is 
entirely in floral forms about a central urn, which appears in a 
voluted panel; the designs surrounding it and extending over the 
entire portiére are floral in both naturalistic and conventionalized 
patterns. Garlands of flowers appear at both ends of the cur- 
tain, intervening between broad scrolls of highly conventional leaf 
form. The whole surrounded by a woolen fringe worked at the 


time of the original production. 
Length, 12 feet; width, 5 feet 6 inches. 


568. Two GREEN VELVET PORTIERES Spanish, XVII Century 
Golden olive velvet with a soft and brilliant sheen; the original color 
of the velvet, a rich and brilliant emerald, 1s retained in a scrolled 
ornamentation which was formerly the seat of gold or silver em- 
broidery. 

Length, 12 feet; width, 9 feet 8 inches. 

569. EMBROIDERED RED VELVET PoRTIERE Spanish, XVI Century 
Ruby velvet of rich tone, all sides bordered by a gold fringe with 
silken tassels; having an elaborate escutcheon surmounted by a 
crown and surrounded by broad scrolling foliations and highly 
conventionalized expansive flowers. All ornamentation worked in 
gold, silver and silk embroidery. The escutcheon displays among 
other quarterings a lion rampant and a tree. 

Length, 10 feet; width, 7 feet. 


570. Tren Srrips OF ITALIAN VELVET XVI Century 


Rose-red velvet with a soft inveigling sheen and areas glistening 


in higher lights. 
Width of strips, 20 inches ; total length, approximately, 37 yards. 


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574. 


Six RoyAL JARDINIERE VELVET CURTAINS 
Italian, XVII Century 


Brilliant ground of silvery white, with richly elaborate character- 
istic adornment of scrolling and baskets of flowers linked with 
highly formal floral figures. The designs are in cut and uncut 
velvet of dark emerald, rich purplish red, rose and rose-pink, with 
incidental fruits in other colors. Pendent bunches of grapes ap- 
pear, and overhanging pears and cherries. Fabrics of magnificence 


and fine conservation. 
Length, 12 feet 9 inches; width, 3 feet 7 inches. 


SET OF Four VELVET PORTIERES Louis XV’ Period 


Lustrous velvet of the richest rose tones, trimmed with a broad 


border of gold galloon. 
Length, 14 feet 6 inches; width, each 6 feet. 
Total, approximately, 58 yards. 


SET OF EIGHT JARDINIERE VELVET CURTAINS 7 
French, Louis XIV Period 


Ivory-white ground of soft lustre, brilliantly and majestically pat- 
terned in emerald and rose velvet and many intermediate tones, with 
extensive foliations and large bouquets of numerous flowers; silk 
lining and silk tasseled fringe of the period. 
Length, 15 feet 3 inches; width, each, 6 feet. 
Approximate total, 122 yards. 


VERDURE TAPESTRY XVII Century 


A park composition, mainly wilds with a section of formal design 
in the foreground. Here a quadrilateral pedestal is festooned with 
garlands and the ground around it is terraced with flower beds 
in blossom. ‘The current of a silver stream is visible at either 
side, while low shrubbery crosses the intermediate foreground. 
Slender conical trees at either side of the flower beds glisten in 
the golden sunlight, while in the background the dense foliage is 
dark in tone, relieved in white and gold where the sunshine pene- 
trates through. Wide border of formal designs in dark tones on a 
golden ground. 


10 feet 6 inches square. 


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FLEMISH J APESTRY Louis XII Period 


A brilliant display in gold, rose, orange, ivory and green. The 
scene, viewed from a balcony stretching across the lower part of 
the canvas and supporting columns which are crowned by arches, 
presents on the left a waiting chariot drawn by horses. At the 
centre a lady snatched from her companions, who are deeply shocked 
and alarmed, is being borne toward the chariot. Birds and gro- 
tesque animals appear among the details, along with flowering 
plants and clusters of fruit, while in the foreground along the bal- 
cony are various male and female figures in attitudes of gallantry 
or alarm. Narrow border of ribbon scroll. 

Height, 8 feet; length, 13 feet 3 inches. 


Vizux Paris ‘TAPESTRY XVII Century 


ARMED BY CUPID. To the right appears a standing figure who 
seems in a receptive attitude toward Cupid, who approaches from 
the left. The setting is a green landscape adorned with growing 
plants, and above on the right another figure of an amorino is pro- 
jected into the picture. In the background and toward the left the 
landscape recedes in ivory tones, and buildings of medieval archi- 
tecture appear in the sunlight. Narrow border of Gobelins sug- 
gestion composed of formal garlands of many colors on a rich 
apricot ground. 

Height, 7 feet 7 inches; width, 7 feet 3 inches. 


MILLEFLEURS TAPESTRY Louis XII Period 
Millefleurs ground of intricate pattern and quiet and engaging irl- 
descence. This is crossed at the base by a border or band of fruits, 
including grapes, cherries and larger fruits, in crimson, and pale 
gold, blue, brown, white and green. The conspicuous feature of 
the panel is a medallion at the centre showing nude half figures, 
volutes, masks, and sundry fruits, among the fruits being pears 
and bursting pomegranates. This encloses a second medallion pre- 
senting a young man and a young woman dancing in a park, while 
a second young man plays the lute. Back of the figures is a con- 
ventional background of buildings. In contrast with the quiet tones 
of the background, the medallions stand out in bold colors with 
much crimson, blue and ivory. In the selvage a band of dark blue. 


5 feet 2 inches square. 


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BRUSSELS TAPESTRY Renaissance Period 
The subject is a classical feast, and thirty-five figures are depicted 
in an elaborate hall with spirally fluted columns and torches burn- 
ing. Aloft are festoons of garlands, and in the foreground is a 
basket of fruit on a richly tiled floor. Beside it are dancing boys, 
appealing to a man playing a lyre. At the centre the banqueters 
are seated, and attendants are busy carrying baskets of various 
foods. The whole is executed in blue, red, golden hues, burnt 
orange, and green, with ivory-white at points. Narrow border, 
guirlandé and featured with lions and shell patterns. 

Length, 9 feet; width, 8 feet 6 inches. 


ENGHIEN TAPESTRY Louis XII Period 


A composition of the animal series. Against a vague background 
of landscape and leafage, executed in various shades of greenish- 
blue, are depicted wild animals and birds, among them a leopard, a. 
pheasant and also on the right a butterfly. Across the landscape 
are branching flowers, while in the lower foreground hang clusters 
of fruits, and at the top and base the columns are ornamented with 
grotesque masks. Against the deep blue tones the animals and 
flowers stand out in light tones, tawny and gold and ivory-white. 

Height, 8 feet 8 inches; width, 12 feet 6 inches. 


From the Davanzati Palace, Florence. 


FLEMISH TAPESTRY Renaissance Period 


Representing one of the incidents in the Alexandrian legend, with 
the Conqueror appearing majestically in the centre, wearing a coat 
of mail and the laurel chaplet. Surrounding him are officers atten- 
tive and in discussion, while in the background at left and right 
are armies of large numbers. ‘The figures altogether represented 
in the composition are innumerable; the green foreground is alive 
with flowers and the principal figures are in ivory tones, tones of 
gold, brown, blue, silver-white and touches of green. ‘The very 
broad Renaissance border represents balconies, fruits, flowers, fig- 
ures upholding musical instruments, clusters of fruit and allegorical 


figures. 
Height, 10 feet 11 inches; length, 12 feet 11 inches. 


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Pastoral subject, with a shepherdess in the foreground seated by 
a peasant woman who carries an infant on her back. Between the 
women stands a small boy, who clings timidly to the shepherdess. 
On the left a youth is slumbering on the turf, while at the right 
of the central group a maid who reclines on the ground is smiling 
vaguely, and at her back is a flock of sheep and a single cow. In 
the central background appears a park and figures, and at the 
left and right is architecture, that on the right of monumental pro- 
portions. The whole in soft colors, with trees green and golden 
in the sunlight and surrounded by narrow border of formal scrolls. 


Mark in the lower selvage, M. R. D. F.C. 


Height, 9 feet 6 inches; length, 14 feet. 


582. EMBROIDERED VELVET Dats CovER Spanish, XVII Century 


Velvet of exquisite, affable atmospheric blue, which shimmers softly 
as the light is reflected from it, made resplendent by its expansive or- 
namentation of gold and silver embroidery. This is most rich and 
elaborate, and adorns all four sides; at the centre of two of the 
sides a silver orb is crossed by a belt of running animals and is 
surmounted by a monogram under a crown, the crown being topped 
by accross. At the centre of another side is a battlemented tower, 
while opposite it, the fourth side bears an ornamentation of urns. 
The corners exhibit an hour-glass winged on top of a classical vase 
enwreathed with sheaves of wheat. Roses and other flowers abound 
in the scrolling which connects the various elements of the orna- 
mentation, and the thistle pattern is also prominent. The orna- 
mentation is completed and connected as a whole with foliations 
executed with precision and much grace. 

Length, 16 feet; width, 12 feet. 


583. FLORENTINE VELVET CARPET XVII Century 


A fabric of magnificence in the brilliance of its color, and extraor- 
dinarily effective in the originality shown in the highly conventional 
design. Very wide border, in the tone of old-gold as to the ground, 
and ornamented with a very bold foliar scroll which is interspersed 
with figures of birds and also with branches of fruit. Rectilinear 
field, with a ground of rich deep and soft rose-red patterned with 
bold floral scrolls in old-gold, emerald and sundry neutral tones, 

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and at the corners with grotesque masks. At the centre a large 
and highly conventional rectilinear medallion or panel, with in- z 
dented corners and central projections from the sides. ‘The whole | 
patterned with foliar and floral scrolls accented by the shell p: 
tern and enclosing a smaller central medallion of conventional sh 
and not circular. The floral patterns in the various sections of the 
carpet include some rigid and formal designs and some very grace- 
ful liliform figures. A fabric of great richness and soft brilliance ms 

Length, 25 feet; width, 1h 


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